Tsai (2015): study TW 2005 /1
Publication
- Author(s):
- Tsai, C.L.
- Title:
- Happiness and Sociability in a Non recursive Modeling: The US and Taiwan Compared.
- Source:
- Paper, Academia Sinica, 2015, Taipei, Taiwan
Investigation
- Public
- 17+ aged, general public, Taiwan, 2005
- Survey name
- TW-Social Change Survey 2005, 2010
- Sample
- Probability multistage stratified area sample
- Respondents
- N = 1734
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
Taken all together, how would you say things are these days? Would you say that you are....?
3 very happy
2 pretty happy
1 not too happy - Classification:
- O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa
- Author's label:
- Subjective well-being
- Page in publication:
- 9
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 9.51%, 2: 57.2%, 3: 33.29% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.24 7.32
- SD:
- 0.61 1.58
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
In general, how satisfied are you with the quality of your life?
4 very satisfied
3 fairly satisfied
2 fairly unsatisfied
1 very unsatisfied - Classification:
- O-SQL-g-sq-v-4-a
- Author's label:
- Life satisfaction
- Page in publication:
- 32
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 3.17%, 2: 22.05%, 3: 66.2%, 4: 8.58% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.80 5.88
- SD:
- 0.63 1.81
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Generally, do you feel happy in your daily life?
4 very happy
3 quite happy
2 not very happy
1 not at all happy - Classification:
- M-FH-g-sq-v-4-e
- Author's label:
- Happiness
- Page in publication:
- 32
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 2.05%, 2: 9.69%, 3: 66.64%, 4: 21.62% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.08 7.17
- SD:
- 0.62 1.75