Moller (2007a): study ZA 2002
Publication
- Author(s):
- Moller, V.
- Title:
- Satisfied and Dissatisfied South Africans: Results From The General Household Survey in the International Comparison.
- Source:
- Social Indicators Research, 2007, Vol. 81, 389 - 415
Investigation
- Public
- Adults, general public, South Africa, 2002
- Sample
- Probability multistage stratified area sample
- Respondents
- N = 26000
- Non Response
- Assessment
-
Interview: face-to-face
Interviews in language of choice of respondent
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
How satisfied are you with your life in general?
10 completely satisfied
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0 completely dissatisfied - Classification:
- O-SLu-g-sq-n-11-c
- Author's label:
- Life satisfaction
- Page in publication:
- 395
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 9.5%, 2: 3.5%, 3: 5%, 4: 6.1%, 5: 6.3%, 6: 11.4%, 7: 13.3%, 8: 10.7%, 9: 11.1%, 10: 8.1%, 11: 15% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 5.80 5.80
- SD:
- 3.11 3.11