Kim & Cho (2003): study KR 1999

Publication

Author(s):

Kim, M.; Cho, K.H.

Title:

Quality of Life among Government Employees.

Source:

Social Indicators Research, 2003, Vol. 62/63, 387 - 409

Investigation

Public

18+ aged government sector employees, Korea, 1999

Survey name

Unnamed study

Sample

Non-probability purposive-quota sample

Respondents

N = 1002

Non Response

Assessment

Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Trained interviewers delivered questionnaires

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:

Self report on single question:

Considering job, family, finances, leisure and so on, how satisfied are you with your overall life?
1  very unsatisfied
2  unsatisfied
3  slightly unsatisfied
4  slightly satisfied
5  satisfied
6  very satisfied

Classification:

O-SLW-u-sq-v-6-f

Author's label:

Overall life satisfaction

Remarks:

Full tekst of question and distribution of responses provided by author on request

Page in publication:

403

Observed distribution

Frequencies

1: 2%,   2: 9.7%,   3: 20.1%,   4: 48.9%,   5: 18.3%,   6: 0.9%   (total 99.9%)

Summary Statistics

On original range 1 - 6 On range 0-10

Mean:

3.75 5.94

SD:

0.96 1.86

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Commuting Satisfaction with commuting Work Satisfaction with work-as-a-whole Health Global health self-rating Family Satisfaction with marriage Family Finances Satisfaction with financial situation Housing Satisfaction with housing
Build environment Leisure Satisfaction with time for leisure Social life Satisfaction with friends Community Satisfaction with neighbors Country Proud of nationality Gender Current gender Age Current age (in years) Education Level of school-education Marital Status Married state (compared to non-married states)
Married (vs never married)
Married (vs widowed)
Married (vs divorced) Type of Employment Public employment (vs private sector)