Yeh et al. (2015): study TW 2009
Publication
- Author(s):
- Yeh, H.-J.; Hseih, Y,-S; Tsay, R.,-M
- Title:
- Self-Evaluation Affects Subjective Well-Being: The Effects of Socioeconomic Status and Personality in Taiwan
- Source:
- Filomena Maggino, Ed.: "Social Indicators Research Series 57, A New Research Agenda for Improvements in Quality of Life", Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland, Swiss, 2015, 109 - 134
Investigation
- Public
- Working age public, Taiwan, 2009
- Survey name
- TW-Social Change Survey 2009
- Sample
- Probability stratified sample
- Respondents
- N = 1311
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
On the whole, how satisfied are you with the life you lead?
1 unsatisfied
2 slightly unsatisfied
3 slightly satisfied
4 satisfied - Classification:
- O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-i
- Author's label:
- Life satisfaction
- Remarks:
- the original scale was a six-point scale but was reduced to a four-point scale because some categories had too few observations
- Page in publication:
- 116
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 9.8%, 2: 15%, 3: 22.2%, 4: 52.9% (total 99.9%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.18 -
- SD:
- 1.02 -
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Taking all together, how would you say things are these days?
1 unhappy
2 happy
3 very happy - Classification:
- O-HL-c-sq-v-3-o
- Author's label:
- Happiness
- Page in publication:
- 116
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 21.89%, 2: 61.4%, 3: 16.7% (total 99.99%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 1.95 -
- SD:
- 0.62 -
Correlational Findings
Conscientious
Extraverted
Open
Stable
Agreeable