Moller & Roberts (2017): study ZA 1983
Publication
- Author(s):
- Moller, V.; Roberts, A.E.
- Title:
- South African Hopes and Fears Twenty Years into Democracy: A Replication of Hadley Cantril’s Pattern of Human Concerns.
- Source:
- Social Indicators Research, 2017, Vol. 130, 39 - 69
Investigation
- Public
- 16+ aged general public, South Africa, 1983-2012
- Survey name
- Multiple surveys pooled
- Sample
- Mixed samples
- Respondents
- N = 10000
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
Taken all things together, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole these days? On the whole, would you say you are.....?
5 very satisfied
4 satisfied
3 neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
2 dissatisfied
1 very dissatisfied - Classification:
- O-SLW-c-sq-v-5-g
- Author's label:
- Life Satisfaction
- Page in publication:
- 42
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Taking all together, would you say you are:
5 very happy
4 fairly happy
3 neither happy not unhappy
2 fairly unhappy
1 very unhappy - Classification:
- O-HL-c-sq-v-5-g
- Author's label:
- Happiness
- Page in publication:
- 42
Correlational Findings
Change political democracy in nation
Change in nation
Trend average happiness in South Africa