Gallup World Poll 2013, June
Afghanistan, Angola, Albania...and 183 more, 2005 - 2012
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WLD_2013_GWP-JUN_v01_M
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INDEX_PW Physical Wellbeing Index (INDEX_PW)
Data file: The_Gallup_062813
Overview
Valid:
1062178
Invalid:
37105
Minimum:
0
Maximum:
100
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
172
End:
174
Width:
3
Range:
0 - 100
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 33386 |
3.1%
|
|
| 1 | 1 Index Score | 0 |
0%
|
| 20 | 69475 |
6.5%
|
|
| 25 | 6650 |
0.6%
|
|
| 33.3333333333333 | 261 |
0%
|
|
| 40 | 118543 |
11.2%
|
|
| 50 | 9481 |
0.9%
|
|
| 60 | 182779 |
17.2%
|
|
| 66.6666666666667 | 324 |
0%
|
|
| 75 | 13635 |
1.3%
|
|
| 80 | 269516 |
25.4%
|
|
| 100 | 358128 |
33.7%
|
|
| Sysmiss | 37105 |
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Description
Definition
The Physical Wellbeing Index measures perceptions of one's own health. Attempts to assess the state of a country's overall health usually involve the accumulation of health-related statistics such as life expectancy, infant mortality, and disease infection rates. Additionally, many government studies in individual countries collect health data via surveys from their own residents. Less numerous are survey projects that collect consistent health-related data from respondents across several countries, and in most cases those multinational efforts focus on Western countries.
Gallup Worldwide Research has now measured self-reported personal health using the same questions and representative sample frames in more than 150 countries and areas. The object of the Physical Wellbeing Index was to produce an overview of respondents' perceptions of their own health status.
The Physical Wellbeing Index is correlated with Community Basics, Financial Wellbeing, and Civic Engagement indexes. Individuals with high Physical Wellbeing scores also tend to be more optimistic about the future and in terms of wellbeing are less likely to be "suffering." Correlations with World Bank measures are present where face validity suggests they would be: health expenditures per capita, prevalence of HIV, and death rates.
INDEX QUESTIONS
- Do you have any health problems that prevent you from doing any of the things people your age normally can do?(WP23)
- Now, please think about yesterday, from the morning until the end of the day. Think about where you were, what you were doing, who you were with, and how you felt. Did you feel well-rested yesterday?(WP60)
- Did you experience the following feelings during a lot of the day yesterday? How about physical pain? (WP68)
- Did you experience the following feelings during a lot of the day yesterday? How about worry?(WP69)
- Did you experience the following feelings during a lot of the day yesterday? How about sadness?(WP70)
INDEX CONSTRUCTION
Index scores are calculated at the individual record level. For each individual record the following procedure applies: All items are recoded so that favorable answers are scored as a "1" and all other answers (including don't know and refused) are assigned a score of "0." If a record has no answer for an item, then that item is not eligible for inclusion in the calculations. Respondents must have answered at least four questions for an individual index to be calculated. A record's final index score is the mean of valid items multiplied by 100. The final country-level index score is the mean of all individual records for which an index score was calculated. Country-level weights are applied to this calculation.
RELIABILITY
The Physical Wellbeing Index has a Cronbach's alpha of .77 when aggregated at the country level.
Gallup Worldwide Research has now measured self-reported personal health using the same questions and representative sample frames in more than 150 countries and areas. The object of the Physical Wellbeing Index was to produce an overview of respondents' perceptions of their own health status.
The Physical Wellbeing Index is correlated with Community Basics, Financial Wellbeing, and Civic Engagement indexes. Individuals with high Physical Wellbeing scores also tend to be more optimistic about the future and in terms of wellbeing are less likely to be "suffering." Correlations with World Bank measures are present where face validity suggests they would be: health expenditures per capita, prevalence of HIV, and death rates.
INDEX QUESTIONS
- Do you have any health problems that prevent you from doing any of the things people your age normally can do?(WP23)
- Now, please think about yesterday, from the morning until the end of the day. Think about where you were, what you were doing, who you were with, and how you felt. Did you feel well-rested yesterday?(WP60)
- Did you experience the following feelings during a lot of the day yesterday? How about physical pain? (WP68)
- Did you experience the following feelings during a lot of the day yesterday? How about worry?(WP69)
- Did you experience the following feelings during a lot of the day yesterday? How about sadness?(WP70)
INDEX CONSTRUCTION
Index scores are calculated at the individual record level. For each individual record the following procedure applies: All items are recoded so that favorable answers are scored as a "1" and all other answers (including don't know and refused) are assigned a score of "0." If a record has no answer for an item, then that item is not eligible for inclusion in the calculations. Respondents must have answered at least four questions for an individual index to be calculated. A record's final index score is the mean of valid items multiplied by 100. The final country-level index score is the mean of all individual records for which an index score was calculated. Country-level weights are applied to this calculation.
RELIABILITY
The Physical Wellbeing Index has a Cronbach's alpha of .77 when aggregated at the country level.