Pusey (1998): study AU 1995
Publication
- Author(s):
- Pusey, M.
- Title:
- Incomes Standards of Living and Quality of Life. Preliminary Findings from the Middle Australia Project.
- Source:
- Eckserley, R.;Ed.: "Measuring Progress", CSIRO, 1998, Australia, 183 - 197 (Also Paper 1997 Conference ISQLS, USA)
Investigation
- Public
- Adults, age range not reported, general public, Australia, 1995
- Survey name
- AU-National Social Sciences
- Sample
- Probability multi-stage random
- Respondents
- N = 2279
- Non Response
- 0
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
"How satisfied do you feel about your life as a whole...?"
8 delighted
7 very pleased
6 pleased
5 mostly satisfied
4 mixed feelings
3 mostly dissatisfied
2 unhappy
1 terrible - Classification:
- O-DT-u-sq-v-8-b
- Page in publication:
- table 1
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0.2%, 2: 1.1%, 3: 2.5%, 4: 12.9%, 5: 26.4%, 6: 25%, 7: 22.4%, 8: 8.7% (total 99.2%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 8 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 5.74 6.78
- SD:
- 1.32 1.89