World Values Survey (2000): study FI 1990

Publication

Full text:: Self report on single question:

Taking all things together, would you say you are.....?
4  very happy
3  quite happy
2  not very happy
1  not at all happy.
Classification:: O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a
Page in publication:: v10
Observed distribution
Frequencies: 1: 1.4%, 2: 8.7%, 3: 66.8%, 4: 19.7% (total 96.6%)
Summary Statistics: On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:: 3.09 7.24
SD:: 0.58 1.56

Full text:: Self report on single question:

All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as-a-whole these days?
1 dissatisfied
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 satisfied
Classification:: O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a
Observed distribution
Frequencies: 1: 0.7%, 2: 0.5%, 3: 3.1%, 4: 3.7%, 5: 5.8%, 6: 6.8%, 7: 13.4%, 8: 25%, 9: 27%, 10: 12.1% (total 98.1%)
Summary Statistics: On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:: 7.68 7.42
SD:: 1.88 2.09

Full text:: Self report on 10 questions:

During the past few weeks, did you ever feel ....?  (yes/no)
A   Particularly excited or interested in something?
B   So restless that you couldn't sit long in a chair?
C   Proud because someone complimented you on something
     you had done?
D   Very lonely or remote from other people?
E   Pleased about having accomplished something?
F   Bored?
G   On top of the world?
H   Depressed or very unhappy?
I    That things were going your way?
J    Upset because someone criticized you?

Answer options and scoring:
yes = 1
no  = 0
Summation:
-Positive Affect Score (PAS): A+C+E+G+I
-Negative Affect Score (NAS): B+D+F+H+J
-Affect Balance Score (ABS): PAS minus NAS
Possible range: -5 to +5

Name: Bradburn's 'Affect Balance Scale' (standard version)
Classification:: A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics: On original range -5 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:: 1.18 6.18
SD:: 2.03 2.03