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TurkStat (2023): study TR 2018

Publication

Author(s):
TurkStat,
Title:
Data life satisfaction 2014-2021
Source:
Data provided on request, February 2023

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, Türkiye, 2018
Survey name
TR-TurkishLS2017
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 9719
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Thinking about your life as a whole, how happy would you say you are?
5  I am very happy
4  I am happy
3  so-so
2  I am unhappy
1  I am very unhappy
Classification:
O-HL-u-sq-v-5-f
Author's label:
Happiness
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 2.42%,   2: 9%,   3: 34.01%,   4: 47.52%,   5: 7.06%   (total 100.01%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.48 5.97
SD:
0.85 1.79
Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking all together and comparing with your happiest and unhappiest periods in life, how are you doing?
Answers rated on a graph:
-5  |  unhappiest period
-4  |
-3  |
-2  |
-1  |
0  | -----------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|                     
+1 |            T1            T2               T3             T4
+2 |
+3 |
+4 |
+5 | happiest period

T1:  Before retirement
T2:  At the moment of retirement
T3:  A years after retirement
T4:  the last two weeks

Name: ACSA (Anamnestic Comparative Self Assessment)
Retrospections and current assessment plotted in a time graph. Only recent rating taken as happiness
Classification:
O-BW-c-sq-lg-11-b
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 3.18%,   2: 1.64%,   3: 3.2%,   4: 6.9%,   5: 13.64%,   6: 26.79%,   7: 13.6%,   8: 13.46%,   9: 8.89%,   10: 4.43%,   11: 4.26%   (total 99.99%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
5.47 5.47
SD:
2.19 2.19