SASAS (2017a): study ZA 2014
Publication
- Author(s):
- SASAS,
- Title:
- South African Social Attitudes Survey (SASAS) website
- Source:
- Human Sciences Research Council
Investigation
- Public
- 16+ aged, general public, South Africa, 2014
- Survey name
- SA-SAS 2014
- Sample
- Probability multistage stratified area sample
- Respondents
- N = 3124
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question
All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole these days?
5 very satisfied
4 satisfied
3 neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
2 not satisfied
1 not satisfied at all - Classification:
- O-SLW-c-sq-v-5-fd
- Author's label:
- Life satisfaction
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 11.6%, 2: 19.5%, 3: 11.9%, 4: 45%, 5: 11.6% (total 99.6%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.26 6.24
- SD:
- 1.23 2.93
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
How happy are you?
5 very happy
4 happy
3 neither happy nor unhappy
2 unhappy
1 very unhappy
- don't know - Classification:
- O-HL-u-sq-v-5-d
- Author's label:
- Happiness
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 10.1%, 2: 11%, 3: 14.3%, 4: 43.5%, 5: 18.1% (total 97%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.50 5.97
- SD:
- 1.21 2.65