Codes and Frequencies
Description
LSLADDER is a self-reported, numeric rating of the respondent's overall life satisfaction and happiness, ranging from 0 (worst possible life) to 10 (best possible life).
Comparability
LSLADDER was not captured prior to Round 6 of the MICS survey. A comparable variable (LSOVERALL) presents a Likert scale for overall life satisfaction for samples in Rounds 4 and 5.
Universe
- Algeria 2018: Women age 15-49
- Bangladesh 2019: Women age 15-49
- Belarus 2019: Men age 15-49
- Central African Republic 2018: Men age 15-49
- Chad 2019: Men age 15-49
- Comoros 2022: Women age 15-49
- Congo Democratic Republic 2017: Women age 15-49
- Costa Rica 2018: Women age 15-49
- Eswatini (Swaziland) 2021: Women age 15-49 in households not selected for men questionnaire
- Fiji 2021: Women age 15-49
- Gambia 2018: Women age 15-49
- Georgia 2018: Women age 15-49
- Ghana 2017: Women age 15-49
- Guinea Bissau 2018: Women age 15-49
- Iraq 2018: Women age 15-49
- Jamaica 2022: Women age 15-49
- Kiribati 2018: Women age 15-49
- Lesotho 2018: Women age 15-49
- Macedonia 2018: Women age 15-49
- Macedonia (Roma) 2018: Women age 15-49
- Malawi 2019: Men age 15-49
- Mongolia 2018: Women age 15-49
- Montenegro 2018: Women age 15-49
- Montenegro (Roma) 2018: Women age 15-49
- Nepal 2019: Women age 15-49
- Nigeria 2021: Women age 15-49
- Pakistan (Punjab) 2017: Women age 15-49
- Pakistan (Sindh) 2018: Men age 15-49
- Pakistan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 2019: Women age 15-49
- Palestine 2019: Men age 15-49
- Samoa 2019: Men age 15-49
- Sao Tome and Principe 2019: Women age 15-49
- Serbia (Roma) 2019: Women age 15-49
- Serbia 2019: Women age 15-49
- Sierra Leone 2017: Women age 15-49
- Suriname 2018: Women age 15-49
- Togo 2017: Women age 15-49
- Tonga 2019: Women age 15-49
- Trinidad and Tobago 2022: Women age 15-49
- Turks and Caicos 2019: Men age 15-49
- Tuvalu 2019: Men age 15-49
- Vietnam 2020: Women age 15-49
- Yemen 2022: Women age 15-49 interviewed in 2022
- Zimbabwe 2019: Women age 15-49
Availability
- Algeria: 2018
- Bangladesh: 2019
- Belarus: 2019
- Central African Republic: 2018
- Chad: 2019
- Comoros: 2022
- Congo Democratic Republic: 2017
- Costa Rica: 2018
- Eswatini (Swaziland): 2021
- Fiji: 2021
- Gambia: 2018
- Georgia: 2018
- Ghana: 2017
- Guinea Bissau: 2018
- Iraq: 2018
- Jamaica: 2022
- Kiribati: 2018
- Lesotho: 2018
- Macedonia: 2018
- Macedonia (Roma): 2018
- Malawi: 2019
- Mongolia: 2018
- Montenegro: 2018
- Montenegro (Roma): 2018
- Nepal: 2019
- Nigeria: 2021
- Pakistan (Punjab): 2017
- Pakistan (Sindh): 2018
- Pakistan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa): 2019
- Palestine: 2019
- Samoa: 2019
- Sao Tome and Principe: 2019
- Serbia: 2019
- Serbia (Roma): 2019
- Sierra Leone: 2017
- Suriname: 2018
- Togo: 2017
- Tonga: 2019
- Trinidad and Tobago: 2022
- Turks and Caicos: 2019
- Tuvalu: 2019
- Vietnam: 2020
- Yemen: 2022
- Zimbabwe: 2019