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World Values Survey (2004): study ZA KwaZulu/ Natal 1990

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, KwaZulu/ Natal, South Africa, 1990-2005
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurv 1-5
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 1802
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
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 5.8%,   2: 5.8%,   3: 9.4%,   4: 9.1%,   5: 18.7%,   6: 10.1%,   7: 10.9%,   8: 11.3%,   9: 6.5%,   10: 12.4%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
5.85 5.39
SD:
2.62 2.92