Tsai (2016): study TW 2005 /1
Publication
- Author(s):
- Tsai, M.C.
- Title:
- "Happiness and Sociability in a Non-recursive Model: The US and Taiwan Compared."
- Source:
- Personal communication January 2016
Investigation
- Public
- 19+ aged, general public, Taiwan, 2005
- Survey name
- TW-Social Change Survey 2005, 2010
- Sample
- Probability stratified sample
- Respondents
- N = 2146
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question
All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole nowadays?
4 very satisfied
3 fairly satisfied
2 fairly unsatisfied
1 very unsatisfied - Classification:
- O-SLW-c-sq-v-4-o
- Author's label:
- Life satisfaction
- Remarks:
- 2005 survey
- Page in publication:
- 1
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 3.2%, 2: 22%, 3: 66.2%, 4: 8.6% (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:
- 2
- 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