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Studies

World Values Survey (2004): study IS 1999

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, Iceland, 1999
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurvey 4
Sample
Probability simple random sample
Respondents
N = 968
Non Response
34,5
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 weighted sample M=3,44; SD=0,56(Halman,2001)
Face to face interviews: 74%
Telephone interviews: 26%
Page in publication:
4
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.4%,   2: 2.3%,   3: 50.4%,   4: 46.6%   (total 99.7%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.44 8.08
SD:
0.56 1.32