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World Values Survey (2000): study IS 1990

Publication

Author(s):
World Values Survey,
Title:
Aggregated data file waves 1+2+3
Source:
www.worldvaluessurvey.org

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, Iceland, 1990
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurvey 2
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 1502
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

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: 0.4%,   2: 2.3%,   3: 55%,   4: 40.6%   (total 98.3%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.38 7.96
SD:
0.55 1.30
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%,   2: 0.14%,   3: 1.14%,   4: 1.42%,   5: 6.55%,   6: 5.84%,   7: 13.68%,   8: 32.76%,   9: 16.95%,   10: 21.23%   (total 99.71%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
8.02 7.80
SD:
1.60 1.77