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World Values Survey (2004): study CO 1998

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
16+ aged, general public, Colombia, 1998
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurvey 3
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 2996
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
Remarks:
In 1997 there was another survey with no data of this variable
Page in publication:
a008
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 1%,   2: 14.7%,   3: 37.2%,   4: 47.1%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.30 7.61
SD:
0.75 2.02
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:
Data taken from WVS website on which surveys in 1997 and 1998 are reported separately. On the agregated datafile these surveys are combined
Page in publication:
a170
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 1.7%,   2: 0.8%,   3: 1.1%,   4: 1.7%,   5: 4.6%,   6: 5%,   7: 8.6%,   8: 20.8%,   9: 17.6%,   10: 37.6%   (total 99.5%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
8.32 8.13
SD:
1.99 2.21