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World Values Survey (2004): study TR 1996

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, Turkey, 1996
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurvey 3
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 1507
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:
The extremes of the scale are labeled as 'completely satisfied' and 'not satisfied at all' and differs from the standard life satisfaction item in the WVS, in which the labels are 'satisfied' and 'dissatisfied'
Page in publication:
a170
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 7.5%,   2: 2%,   3: 5.6%,   4: 5%,   5: 27%,   6: 8.1%,   7: 9.5%,   8: 12.8%,   9: 3.7%,   10: 18.3%   (total 99.5%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.20 5.78
SD:
2.65 2.95