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IsssA 1987/88 Inequality-I
CODEBOOK  FOR SECTION 9: OTHER TOPICS

LIFE SATISFACTION
#LifeSat

     This module was developed by Bruce Headey, with the assistance of Jonathan 
Kelley and M.D.R. Evans.

    SatLife2  "(p36q66 )Satisfied with -life?"

    Lonely    "(p36q67a)Respondant - lonely?"
    Happy     "(p36q67b)Respondant - happy?"
    satFit    "(p37q68a)Sat. with physical fitness?"
    satLeisr  "(p37q68b)Sat. with spare time activities?"
    satFun    "(p37q68c)Sat. with fun being experienced?"
    satHobby  "(p37q68d)Sat. with hobbies?"
    satBestF  "(p37q68e)Sat. with best friend?"
    satFrnds  "(p37q68f)Sat. with friends?"
    satInt    "(p37q68g)Sat. with day-to-day life?"
    satVar    "(p37q68h)Sat. with variety of life?"
    satPurps  "(p37q68i)Sat. with sense of purpose?"
    satProbs  "(p37q68j)Sat. with problems being handled?"
    satKids   "(p37q68k)Sat. with children?"
    satMar    "(p37q68l)Sat. with marriage?"
    satKin    "(p37q68m)Sat. with relatives?"
    satHlth   "(p37q68n)Sat. with health?"
    satWeath  "(p37q68o)Sat. with weather?"
    satPlace  "(p37q68p)Sat. with part of OZ as home?"
    satInc    "(p37q68q)Sat. with income?"
    satHsWrk  "(p37q68r)Sat. with housework?"
    satFam    "(p37q68s)Sat. with family?"
    satSex    "(p37q68t)Sat. with sex life?"
    satStdL   "(p37q68u)Sat. with standard of living?"
    satLife   "(p37q68v)Sat. with life as a whole?"

See: Bruce Headey and Alex Wearing. 1992. Understanding Happiness. Melbourne: 
Longman Cheshire.

Jonathan Kelley and M.D.R Evans. 1990. "Ingredients of the Good Life." NATIONAL 
SOCIAL SCIENCE  SURVEY REPORT 2(4):7-8.

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