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World Values Survey (2012): study KR 2010

Publication

Author(s):
World Values Survey,
Title:
World Values Survey Database
Source:
World Values Survey Association

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, Korea (South), 2010
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurvey 6
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 1200
Non Response
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  completely dissatisfied
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 completely satisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-I
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 1.1%,   2: 0.3%,   3: 4.4%,   4: 5.5%,   5: 19.6%,   6: 14.5%,   7: 21.8%,   8: 19%,   9: 7.8%,   10: 4.3%   (total 98.3%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.51 6.12
SD:
1.82 2.02
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
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.7%,   2: 9.2%,   3: 74.8%,   4: 15.2%   (total 99.9%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.05 7.15
SD:
0.52 1.44