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Czapinski (2003): study PL 2003

Publication

Author(s):
Czapinski, J.
Title:
Individual Quality of Life.
Source:
Czapinski, J., Panek,T. (Eds).: " Social Diagnosis 2003", University of Finance and Management Press, 2003, Warsaw, Poland

Investigation

Public
16+ aged, general public, Poland, 2003
Survey name
PL-SocialDiagnosis 2003
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 9665
Non Response
0
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

How do you feel about your life as a whole.....?
7  delighted
6  pleased
5  mostly satisfied
4  mixed
3  mostly dissatisfied
2  unhappy
1  terrible

Name: Andrews & Withey's `Delighted-Terrible Scale'  (original version)
Classification:
O-DT-u-sq-v-7-a
Remarks:
SocialDiagnosis 9254
Page in publication:
5.1
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.7%,   2: 1.3%,   3: 6.7%,   4: 22.2%,   5: 34.7%,   6: 31.3%,   7: 3%   (total 99.9%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
Mean:
4.95 6.58
SD:
1.07 1.79
Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking al things together, how would you say things are these days - would you say you are..?
4  very happy
3  pretty happy
2  not too happy
1  unhappy
Classification:
O-HL-c-sq-v-4-o
Remarks:
SocialDiagnosis 9266
Page in publication:
5.5
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 4.5%,   2: 30.5%,   3: 59.8%,   4: 5.2%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.66 5.74
SD:
0.65 1.50