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European Social Survey (ESS) (2013): study IE Dublin 2002

Publication

Author(s):
European Social Survey (ESS),
Title:
European Social Survey.
Source:
Homepage European Social Survey.

Investigation

Public
15+ aged, general public, Dublin, Ireland, 2002-2011
Survey name
EU-ESS 1-5: 2002-2012
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 590
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole nowadays?
0  extremely dissatisfied
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 extremely satisfied
-    don't know
-   no answer
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-cd
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 1%,   2: 0.8%,   3: 4.4%,   4: 6.8%,   5: 5.4%,   6: 16.4%,   7: 10.7%,   8: 24.7%,   9: 19.2%,   10: 6.3%,   11: 3.9%   (total 99.6%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.22 6.22
SD:
2.10 2.10
Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking all things together, how happy would you say you are?
0  extremely unhappy
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 extremely happy
-    don't know
-    no answer
Classification:
O-HL-u-sq-n-11-a
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.7%,   2: 1%,   3: 1.7%,   4: 4.2%,   5: 3.9%,   6: 13.6%,   7: 9.5%,   8: 24.7%,   9: 28.3%,   10: 7.1%,   11: 4.6%   (total 99.3%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.72 6.72
SD:
1.93 1.93