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European Social Survey (ESS) (2012): study GB London 2002

Publication

Author(s):
European Social Survey (ESS),
Title:
European Social Survey Round 6
Source:
Homepage European Social Survey

Investigation

Public
15+ aged, general public, London, United Kingdom, 2002-2011
Survey name
EU-ESS 1-5: 2002-2012
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 208
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: 1.4%,   2: 0.5%,   3: 2.9%,   4: 4.8%,   5: 1.4%,   6: 13.5%,   7: 7.7%,   8: 23.6%,   9: 19.7%,   10: 10.1%,   11: 12%   (total 97.6%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.90 6.90
SD:
2.21 2.21
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: 1.9%,   2: 0.5%,   3: 0.5%,   4: 3.4%,   5: 3.4%,   6: 9.1%,   7: 8.2%,   8: 21.2%,   9: 27.9%,   10: 9.6%,   11: 13.9%   (total 99.6%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.20 7.20
SD:
2.10 2.10