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World Values Survey (2012): study EC 2013

Publication

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

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, Ecuador, 2013
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: 0.8%,   2: 0.2%,   3: 1.1%,   4: 1.5%,   5: 6.6%,   6: 7.7%,   7: 14.7%,   8: 26.3%,   9: 21.9%,   10: 19.2%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.92 7.69
SD:
1.73 1.93
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: 6.2%,   3: 35.3%,   4: 57.7%   (total 99.9%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.50 8.15
SD:
0.65 1.63