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World Values Survey (2012): study KW 2014

Publication

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

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, Kuwait, 2014
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurvey 6
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 1303
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: 2.8%,   2: 0.9%,   3: 1.8%,   4: 2.7%,   5: 16%,   6: 11.7%,   7: 15.3%,   8: 13.7%,   9: 9.2%,   10: 22.9%   (total 97%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.21 6.90
SD:
2.28 2.53
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: 0.9%,   2: 6.4%,   3: 50.3%,   4: 41.3%   (total 98.9%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.33 7.79
SD:
0.64 1.62