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Korea Labor Institute (1998): study KR 2005

Publication

Author(s):
Korea Labor Institute,
Title:
Korean Labor & Income Panel Study (KLIPS)
Source:
KLIPS Team (Room 1017), Korea Labor Institute, 35, Eunhaenggil, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, 150-740, Republic of Korea Or fax to: +82 02 3775 0041

Investigation

Public
Urban, Korea (South), 2005
Survey name
KR-KLIPS 8
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 11457
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Overall, how satisfied or dissatisfied are you with your life?
1  very dissatisfied
2  dissatisfied
3  neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
4  satisfied
5  very satisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-u-sq-v-5-rb
Remarks:
reversed in original question
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.5%,   2: 8.4%,   3: 58.7%,   4: 31.7%,   5: 0.7%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.24 5.95
SD:
0.63 1.88