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Studies

Leisure Development Cen (1980): study IT 1979

Publication

Author(s):
Leisure Development Cen,
Title:
Survey of Values in 13 Countries.
Source:
Working Paper for 1980 Conference on Human Values, Tokyo, Japan.

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, Italy, 1979
Sample
Respondents
N = 1042
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

How happy do you feel as you live now? Please choose one item on this card that comes closest to your feeling.
5  very happy
4  fairly happy
3  neither happy nor unhappy
2  fairly unhappy
1  very unhappy
Classification:
O-HL-c-sq-v-5-e
Author's label:
Feeling happy
Page in publication:
94
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 1.4%,   2: 5.4%,   3: 30.9%,   4: 51.9%,   5: 9.7%   (total 99.3%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.64 6.09
SD:
0.79 1.49
Full text:
Self report on single question:

Overall, how satisfied are you with your present life.......?
Please choose from this card that is closest to your feeling.
5  very satisfied
4  fairly satisfied
3  neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
2  fairly dissatisfied
1  very dissatisfied
Classification:
O-SLu-c-sq-v-5-a
Author's label:
Satisfaction with life
Page in publication:
96
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 2.4%,   2: 8.3%,   3: 25%,   4: 54.7%,   5: 8.2%   (total 98.6%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.59 6.00
SD:
0.85 1.51

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Male sex Sex: male (vs female) Age Current age (in years) Education Level of school-education Occupation Current occupation Household income Household income Satisfaction with family life, work and leisure Family + leisure + work Interesting life Interesting (vs boring) Present life satisfaction O-HL by O-SL Fulfillment Fulfilled/rewarding (vs frustrating) Hope for future life Current hope Anomy Development of anomy Acceptance of social order Social reform: radical reform vs consolidation Acceptance of social inequality Social inequality: more vs less differences Political conservatism Configuration of orientations to inequality and social reform Subjective social class Subjective social rank Income aspiration Income aspirations