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Studies

EPA/SPB (1987): study JP 1976

Publication

Author(s):
EPA/SPB,
Title:
Life in nation survey
Source:
Economic Planning Agency, Social Policy Bureau, Government Japan

Investigation

Public
20+ aged, general public, Japan, 1976
Survey name
JP-Life-in-Nation1976
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 8343
Non Response
16,57
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question

How do you feel with life these days?
4  very satisfied
3  somewhat satisfied
2  somewhat dissatisfied
1  very dissatisfied
-   don't know
Classification:
O-SLu-c-sq-v-4-e
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 4.6%,   2: 33.2%,   3: 55.4%,   4: 5.8%   (total 99%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.63 5.77
SD:
0.67 1.77