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Studies

Eurobarometer (2004b): study IE 1979

Publication

Author(s):
Eurobarometer,
Title:
The Mannheim Eurobarometer Trend file 1970-2002
Source:
European Commission, 2004, Brussels, Belgium

Investigation

Public
15+ aged, general public, Ireland, 1979
Survey name
EU-Eurobarometer 11
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 997
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 would you say things are these days? Would you say you are...?
3   very happy
2   fairly happy
1   not too happy
Classification:
O-HL-c-sq-v-3-ab
Page in publication:
A20
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 10%,   2: 51.2%,   3: 38.2%   (total 99.4%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.28 7.33
SD:
0.64 1.70