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European Social Survey (ESS) (2014a): study IE 2014

Publication

Author(s):
European Social Survey (ESS),
Title:
European Social Survey Round 7
Source:
Home page European Social Survey

Investigation

Public
15+ aged, general public, Ireland, 2014
Survey name
EU-ESS 7 : 2014
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 2390
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking all things together, how happy would you say you are?
0  extremely unhappy
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2
3
4
5
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7
8
9
10 extremely happy
-    don't know
-    no answer
Classification:
O-HL-u-sq-n-11-a
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.5%,   2: 0.4%,   3: 1.2%,   4: 2.2%,   5: 3.2%,   6: 8.9%,   7: 9.7%,   8: 18.6%,   9: 30.9%,   10: 14.1%,   11: 10.1%   (total 99.8%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.32 7.32
SD:
1.86 1.86
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: 0.5%,   3: 1.7%,   4: 2.9%,   5: 3.4%,   6: 11.8%,   7: 10%,   8: 19.5%,   9: 27.2%,   10: 11.9%,   11: 9.7%   (total 99.6%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.06 7.06
SD:
2.02 2.02