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Gallup (2009a): study ZZ East Asia 2011

Publication

Author(s):
Gallup,
Title:
Data from Gallup World Poll provided on request August 2009.
Source:
Personal communication.

Investigation

Public
15+ aged, general public, East Asia, 2011
Survey name
INT-GallupWorldPoll2005
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 15000
Non Response
0
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Here is ladder representing the 'ladder of life'. Let's suppose the top of the ladder represents the best possible life for you; and the bottom, the worst possible life for you. On which step of the ladder do you feel you personally stand at the present time?
10 best possible
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0 worst possible life

This question was followed (not preceded) by items on life 5 years ago and 5 years from now.
Classification:
C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c
Remarks:
Number of respondents is estimated based on 1000 respondents on average per survey. Assuming there were 3 surveys and 5 countries.
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 2.3%,   2: 3.4%,   3: 5.7%,   4: 10.6%,   5: 13.6%,   6: 30.5%,   7: 16.9%,   8: 9%,   9: 5.5%,   10: 1.1%,   11: 1.4%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
4.86 4.86
SD:
1.93 1.93