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Pew Research Center (2002): study IN 2002

Publication

Author(s):
Pew Research Center,
Title:
What the World Thinks in 2002. How Global Publics View: Their Lives, Their Countries, the World, America.
Source:
Report Pew Global Attitudes Project, 12/04/2002, Pew Research Center, Washington DC, USA

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, India, 2002
Survey name
INT-WhatWorldThinks 2002
Sample
Probability simple random sample
Respondents
N = 2189
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Here is ladder representing the 'ladder of life'. Let's suppose the top of the ladder represents the best possible life for you; and the bottom, the worst possible life for you. On which step of the ladder do you feel you personally stand at the present time?
10 best possible
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0 worst possible life

This question was followed (not preceded) by items on life 5 years ago and 5 years from now.
Classification:
C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c
Remarks:
Ages 18-64
Disproportionately urban
Page in publication:
Q2
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 2.9%,   2: 2.6%,   3: 6.3%,   4: 9%,   5: 13.5%,   6: 35%,   7: 11.7%,   8: 6.6%,   9: 6.4%,   10: 1.9%,   11: 1.6%   (total 97.5%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
4.84 4.84
SD:
1.98 1.98