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Studies

Pew Research Center (2002): study ZZ 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
Adults, general public, 44 nations, 2002
Sample
Probability sample (unspecified)
Respondents
N = 38263
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
FACE-TO-FACE in: Angola, Argentina, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Egypt, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Mali, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philipinnes, Poland, Russia, Senegal, South Africa, South Korea, Tanzania, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam TELEPHONE in: Britain, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Japan, Slovak Republic, United States,

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
Author's label:
happiness
Page in publication:
1

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding gender