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Keck & Delhey (2004): study BG 2003

Publication

Author(s):
Keck, W.; Delhey, J.
Title:
Subjective Well-Being.
Source:
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, "Quality of Life in Europe. First European Quality of Life Survey 2003 ", 2004, Dublin, Ireland, Chapter 7

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, Bulgaria, 2003
Survey name
EU-EQLS 2003
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 1000
Non Response
19
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

All things considered, how satisfied or dissatisfied are you with your life these days? Please tell me on a scale of 1 to 10, where one means very dissatisfied and 10 means very satisfied
10 very satisfied
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1  very dissatisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-b
Page in publication:
61
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 13.3%,   2: 10.5%,   3: 13.3%,   4: 10.9%,   5: 25.5%,   6: 9.7%,   7: 5.6%,   8: 6%,   9: 1.9%,   10: 3.3%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
4.41 3.79
SD:
2.31 2.57