World Values Survey (2004): study TR 2000
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, 2000
- Survey name
- INT-WorldValuesSurvey 4
- Sample
- Probability multistage stratified area sample
- Respondents
- N = 4607
- Non Response
- 0
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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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:
- Substitution was used.
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: 13.3%, 2: 3.4%, 3: 6.4%, 4: 8%, 5: 19.5%, 6: 10.8%, 7: 10.1%, 8: 10.6%, 9: 5.6%, 10: 12.3% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 5.62 5.14
- SD:
- 2.80 3.11
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
If you were to consider your life in general these days, how happy or unhappy would you say you are, on the whole...?
4 very happy
3 fairly happy
2 not very happy
1 not at all happy - Classification:
- O-HL-c-sq-v-4-f
- Remarks:
- Aggregated responses in 2 surveys: one in 1999 and one in 2001, both of wave 4.
Substitution used in samplinng.
The question in Turkish is about happiness 'nowadays' and differs from the standard happiness item in which no time frame is specified - Page in publication:
- a008
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 11.3%, 2: 16.5%, 3: 41.3%, 4: 30.9% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.92 6.28
- SD:
- 0.96 2.66