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Studies

World Values Survey (2004): study ZA ZA: Western Cape 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, ZA: Western Cape, South Africa, 1990-2005
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurv 1-5
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 1360
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: 6.5%,   2: 2.4%,   3: 4.2%,   4: 5.3%,   5: 12.9%,   6: 7.5%,   7: 11.2%,   8: 18.1%,   9: 8.4%,   10: 23.2%   (total 99.7%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.87 6.53
SD:
2.70 3.00