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World Values Survey (2004): study GB 1999

Publication

Author(s):
World Values Survey,
Title:
Aggregated Datafile European Values Survey 1999 and World Values Survey 2000. File name: WVSEVS_sb_v4.sav, 2004
Source:
http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, United Kingdom, 1999
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurvey 4
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 994
Non Response
20
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   dissatisfied
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10  satisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a
Page in publication:
var a170
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 1.1%,   2: 1.3%,   3: 2.5%,   4: 3%,   5: 7.7%,   6: 10.9%,   7: 16%,   8: 27.2%,   9: 17.2%,   10: 12.1%   (total 99%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.40 7.11
SD:
1.93 2.15