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World Values Survey (2004): study NG 1995

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, Nigeria, 1995
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurvey 3
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 1996
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:
Sample stratified to be 40 percent urban and 60 percent rural. Rural areas were randomly selected from a list of rural settlements within a 10 km radius of the selected urban towns. In the North from within a 50 km radius.
Page in publication:
a008
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 2.9%,   2: 12.4%,   3: 38.1%,   4: 46.2%   (total 99.6%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.28 7.56
SD:
0.79 2.14
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:
interviews were stratified to be 40 percent urban and 60 percent rural. Rural areas were randomly selected from a list of rural settlements within a 10 km radius of the selected urban towns. In the North from within a 50 km radius.
Page in publication:
a170
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 5.3%,   2: 3.7%,   3: 5.4%,   4: 7.7%,   5: 10%,   6: 11.2%,   7: 12.8%,   8: 15.8%,   9: 11.8%,   10: 15.8%   (total 99.5%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.60 6.23
SD:
2.61 2.90