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Ho (2011): study HK 2008

Publication

Author(s):
Ho, L.S.
Title:
Personal communication February 2011.
Source:

Investigation

Public
21+ aged, general public, Hong Kong, 2008
Survey name
HK-HongKong HS 2008
Sample
Probability simple random sample
Respondents
N = 823
Non Response
0
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Overall, taking everything in consideration, how happy are you?
0  not happy at all
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2
3
4
5
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7
8
9
10  most happy
Classification:
O-HL-u-sq-n-11-b
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 1.82%,   2: 0.12%,   3: 1.09%,   4: 2.67%,   5: 2.8%,   6: 12.03%,   7: 12.15%,   8: 24.42%,   9: 26.73%,   10: 7.17%,   11: 8.75%   (total 99.75%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.93 6.93
SD:
1.96 1.96
Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking all together, I am satisfied with my life
0  disagree
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 agree
Classification:
O-SLW-u-sq-n-11-j
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 2.79%,   2: 0.12%,   3: 0.97%,   4: 1.82%,   5: 2.92%,   6: 12.39%,   7: 13.36%,   8: 23.45%,   9: 23.69%,   10: 8.62%,   11: 9.72%   (total 99.85%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.91 6.91
SD:
2.07 2.07