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World Values Survey (2012): study US 2011

Publication

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

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, United States, 2011
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurvey 6
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 2232
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: 1.2%,   2: 1.3%,   3: 2.5%,   4: 4.5%,   5: 7.2%,   6: 7.2%,   7: 17.1%,   8: 30.1%,   9: 18.9%,   10: 9.3%   (total 99.3%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.37 7.08
SD:
1.92 2.14
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: 1.2%,   2: 8.8%,   3: 53.5%,   4: 36.1%   (total 99.6%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.25 7.58
SD:
0.66 1.73