| Publication | |
| Author(s) | Vitterso, J.; Diener, E.; Roysamb, E. |
| Title | The Concept of Life Satisfaction Across Cultures: Exploring its Diverse Meaning and Relation to Economic Wealth. |
| Source | Gullone, E.;Cummins, R.A.;Eds.: "The Universality of Subjective Wellbeing Indicators", Kluwer, 2002, Dordrecht, Netherlands, 81 - 103 |
| Investigation | |
| Public | College students, 41 countries, 1995-96 |
| Argentina; Australia; Austria; Bahrain; Brazil; China; Colombia; Denmark; Egypt; Estonia; Finland; Germany; Ghana; Greece; Guam; Hong Kong; Hungary; India; Indonesia; Italy; Japan; Korea; Lithuania; Nepal; Netherlands; Nigeria; Norway; Pakistan; Peru; Portugal; Puerto Rico; Singapore; Slovenia; South Africa; Spain; Taiwan; Thailand; Turkey; USA; Zimbabwe. Female: 60% mean age=22.4, range 16 to 69 years | |
| 1995-1996 | |
| Survey name | Not available |
| Diener's International College Student Survey | |
| Sample | Non-probability chunk sample |
| Respondents N = | 6949 |
| Non Response | Not available |
| Assesment | Questionnaire: paper |
| Happiness measure(s) used | |
| Full text | Selfreport on single question: In most ways my life is close to ideal 1 strongly disagree 2 3 4 5 6 7 strongly agree Item in Diener's Satisfaction with life Scale (SWLS) |
| Classification | O-V-u-sq-n-7-a |
| Author's label | SWLS-1 |
| Page in publication | 8 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 1 - 7 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 4.50 | 5.83 |
| Standard deviation | 0.44 | 0.73 |
| Full text | Selfreport on single question: The conditions of my life are excellent 1 strongly disagree 2 3 4 5 6 7 strongly agree Item in Diener's Satisfaction with life Scale (SWLS) |
| Classification | O-SLC-u-sq-n-7-a |
| Author's label | SWLS-2 |
| Page in publication | 8 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 1 - 7 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 4.40 | 5.67 |
| Standard deviation | 0.51 | 0.85 |
| Full text | Selfreport on single question: I am satisfied with my life. 1 strongly disagree 2 3 4 5 6 7 strongly agree Item in Diener's Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) |
| Classification | O-SLu-u-sq-n-7-a |
| Author's label | SWLS-3 |
| Page in publication | 8 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 1 - 7 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 4.80 | 6.33 |
| Standard deviation | 0.46 | 0.77 |
| Full text | Selfreport on single question: So far, I have achieved most important things I want in my life 1 strongly disagree 2 3 4 5 6 7 strongly agree Item in Diener's Satisfaction with life Scale (SWLS) |
| Classification | C-RA-h-sq-n-7-a |
| Author's label | SWLS-4 |
| Page in publication | 8 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 0 - 7 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 4.40 | 5.67 |
| Standard deviation | 0.63 | 1.05 |
| Full text | Selfreport on four questions: Using the 1-7 scale below, indicate your agreement with each of the items by placing the appropriate number on the line preceding that item. Please be open and honest in your responding. A In most ways my life is close to ideal B The conditions of my life are excellent C I am satisfied with my life D So far, I have gotten the important things I want in life Answers rated: 7 strongly agree 6 agree 5 slightly agree 4 neither agree nor disagree 3 slightly disagree 2 disagree 1 strongly disagree Computation: A+B+C+D Name: Shortened Diener's Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) (In the original scale item 5 reads: 'If I could live my life over, I would change nothing'. This item is left out in this selection because a positive answer to this question does not necessarily mean that the respondent doesn't like the life he/she actually lives.) |
| Classification | O-Sum-u-mq-v-7-a |
| Author's label | Satisfaction with Life Scale |
| Page in publication | 8 |
| Remarks | Means and standard deviations in each of separate nations are reported in the section on 'Distributional Findings in Nations' of this 'World Database of Happiness' |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 4 - 28 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 18.10 | 5.85 |
| Standard deviation | 2.04 | 0.85 |
| Author's label | Our subject description | |
| GNPNational wealth | show | Gnp per capita (raw) |
| Satisfaction with life | show | Happiness inventories involving unacceptable items |