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Studies

World Values Survey (2004): study CA Nova Scotia 1982

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, Nova Scotia region, Canada, 1982
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurv 1-5
Sample
Selection from general population sample
Respondents
N = 397
Non Response
0
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:
Canada: Only wave 1(1982), wave 2 (1990), wave 4(2000) and wave 5(2005) aggregated
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.2%,   2: 0.6%,   3: 0.2%,   4: 1.6%,   5: 6.8%,   6: 9.5%,   7: 13.9%,   8: 29.2%,   9: 17.9%,   10: 19.8%   (total 99.7%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.92 7.69
SD:
1.65 1.83