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Yoshino (2007b): study LK 2005

Publication

Author(s):
Yoshino, R.
Title:
East Asia Value Survey. The Statistical Analysis of Trust.
Source:
see URL

Investigation

Public
Adult general public, urban areas, Sri Lanka, 2005
Survey name
AsiaBarometer 2005
Sample
Selection from general population sample
Respondents
N = 800
Non Response
0
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question

All things considered, would you say you are happy these days?
5  very happy
4  pretty happy
3  neither happy, not unhappy
2  not too happy
1  very unhappy
-   Don't know
Classification:
O-HL-c-sq-v-5-m
Remarks:
Urban population.
Frequency of value 1 and 2  and DKNA  was not given in a number, but was deduced from the graphic in  https://www.asiabarometer.org/en/findings/General%20findings/2005/Q5 , that frequency can deviate 1% at most from the true value
Page in publication:
Q5
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.7%,   2: 4.7%,   3: 10.7%,   4: 59.4%,   5: 25.3%   (total 100.8%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:
4.03 7.02
SD:
0.78 1.56