Pew Research Center (2002): study ZA 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, South Africa, 2002
- Survey name
- INT-WhatWorldThinks 2002
- Sample
- Probability simple random sample
- Respondents
- N = 700
- 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
- Page in publication:
- Q2
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 2.2%, 2: 6.7%, 3: 8.9%, 4: 9.2%, 5: 9%, 6: 18.6%, 7: 13.2%, 8: 10.8%, 9: 10.7%, 10: 4.9%, 11: 5.8% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 5.24 5.24
- SD:
- 2.57 2.57