Life Satisfaction Survey 2011
Turkiye, 2011
Identification
TUR_2011_LSS_v01_M
Life Satisfaction Survey 2011
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Turkiye | TUR |
Other Household Survey [hh/oth]
The first survey dealing with life satisfaction in Turkey, as an official statistical study, was conducted by Turkish Statistics Agency (TurkStat) under the name “Life Satisfaction Survey” (LSS) in 2003. LSS is also the first survey of TurkStat with social contents and also subjective elements. The survey measures the general satisfaction of individuals in the areas of happiness, hopes and basic life, as well as their satisfaction with public services in these areas.
Life Satisfaction Survey measures the satisfaction of individuals in the areas of subjective perception of happiness, health, social security, formal education, labor life, income, personal security and justice services, and personal development, and follows up the changes in these areas in time.
The survey covers households in all settlement units within the boundaries of Turkey. Individuals in schools, dormitories, hotels, nurseries, old age asylums, hospitals and prisons, which are defined as institutional population, and individuals in military barracks and military guesthouses are not covered by the survey. Furthermore, settlement areas where it is considered that sufficient number of sample households cannot be reached such that the population does not exceed 1 percent of the total population (small villages, nomad camping sites, hamlets, etc.) were also excluded from the survey.
The survey was conducted in November through interviews with 7,368 people from 3,551 sample households.
Sample survey data [ssd]
- Households
- Individuals
Version
v01: Edited data, first version, for internal use only
2011
Scope
- Household Living Conditions;
- Individual Happiness and Satisfaction;
- Satisfaction with Public Services;
- Expectations, Personal Development and Hopes;
- Values;
- Perspective of EU Membership.
Coverage
Whole country
The survey covered household members aged 18 and older, who are living within the boundaries of Republic of Turkey.
Producers and sponsors
| Name |
|---|
| Turkish Statistics Agency |
| Name |
|---|
| Turkish Statistics Agency |
Sampling
The sampling method of the survey is two-stage cluster sampling. In the first stage, clusters (blocks) consisting of 100 households on average were selected into the sample, and in the second stage, sample addresses were determined from the clusters using a systematic selection method. A total of 398 clusters were selected into the sample, including 145 rural clusters and 253 urban clusters. A total of 4,196 households were selected in to the sample, of which 1,160 households (8 households from each cluster) were from rural settlements, and 3,036 households (12 households from each cluster) were from urban settlements.
Estimation size: The sample size of the survey was calculated such that estimations could be produced at Turkey-Total, Urban Total-Rural Total levels. Substitutes were not used in the survey since non-response rates have been taken into account while calculating the sample size.
Weighting was applied to the dataset obtained as a result of sampling, since selection probabilities were used as a requirement of multi-stage sample design. The final weights to be determined consist of a combination of many factors. Initial weights were calculated by taking the reverse of selection probabilities. Exclusion and non-response adjustments were done. Iterations were done through the Integrated Calibration method which also uses projected population rates, and the projected populations (excluding institutional population) that must be estimated and total number of households across Turkey were obtained using the final adjustment coefficient.
Data collection
| Start | End | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2011 | One Interview |
Data Access
The use of the datasets must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:
- the identification of the Primary Investigator (including country name)
- the full title of the survey and its acronym (when available), and the year(s) of implementation
- the survey reference number
- the source and date of download (for datasets disseminated online)
Example:
Turkish Statistical Institute. Turkey Life Satisfaction Survey 2011 (LSS) 2011, Ref.TUR_2011_LSS_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from [URL] on [date].
Disclaimer and copyrights
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|
| ECA Team for Statistical Development | World Bank | ecatsd@worldbank.org |
Metadata production
DDI_TUR_2011_LSS_v01_M_WB
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Development Data Group | World Bank | Documentation of the study |
| Poverty Reduction & Economic Management Sector Unit | World Bank | Documentation of the study |
2014-03-11
Metadata version
v01 (March 2014)