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Studies

World Values Survey (2004): study AU South Australia 1981

Publication

Author(s):
World Values Survey,
Title:
Aggregated Datafile European Values Survey 1999 and World Values Survey 2000. File name: WVSEVS_sb_v4.sav, 2004
Source:
http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org

Investigation

Public
18+ aged general public, South Australia region, Australia, 1981
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurv 1-5
Sample
Selection from general population sample
Respondents
N = 310
Non Response
0
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 these days?
1   dissatisfied
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10  satisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a
Remarks:
Australia: Only wave 1(1981),3 (1995) and 5(2005) aggregated
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0%,   2: 0.7%,   3: 2.3%,   4: 3.1%,   5: 8.4%,   6: 6%,   7: 17%,   8: 32.7%,   9: 15.3%,   10: 13.7%   (total 99.2%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.60 7.33
SD:
1.75 1.94