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World Values Survey (2004): study PE 2001

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, Peru, 2001
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurvey 4
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 1501
Non Response
2.5
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
Remarks:
Combination of random and probability sampling. Using Kish method.
Page in publication:
a170
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 4.1%,   2: 2.2%,   3: 4.7%,   4: 7.2%,   5: 18.7%,   6: 12.7%,   7: 14.5%,   8: 14.7%,   9: 5.9%,   10: 14.7%   (total 99.4%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.44 6.05
SD:
2.39 2.66
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
Remarks:
Combination of random and probability sampling. Using Kish method
Page in publication:
a008
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 1.6%,   2: 32.1%,   3: 35.3%,   4: 30.8%   (total 99.8%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.95 6.62
SD:
0.83 2.36