| Publication | |
| Author(s) | Saris, W.E.; Bunting, B.; Scherpenzeel, A.C.; Veenhoven, R. |
| Title | A Comparative Study of Satisfaction with Life in Europe. |
| Source | Eötvös University Press, 1996, Budapest, Hungary |
| Investigation | |
| Public | 16+ aged, general public, Italy, 1991 |
| Survey name | IRMCS |
| Sample | Probability sample (unspecified) |
| Weighting | N |
| Respondents N = | 1055 |
| Non Response | Not available |
| Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
| Happiness measure(s) used | |
| Full text | Selfreport on single question: 'Altogether and considering all things which are important to you, and using scale from 0 to 10, where 0 means that your life is going very badly and 10 that your life is going very well, how would you say things are going currently?" 0 completely dissatisfied 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 completely satisfied |
| Classification | O-SLC-c-sq-n-11-a |
| Remarks | Valid cases 1,021 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 0 - 10 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 7.24 | 7.24 |
| Standard deviation | 1.96 | 1.96 |
| Scores in | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| % | 0.5 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 7.5 | 13.5 | 20.7 | 27.1 | 11.5 | 12.1 |
| Full text | Selfreport on single question: How satisfied are you with your life in general? 5 completely satisfied 4 satisfied 3 unsatisfied nor satisfied 2 unsatisfied 1 completely unsatisfied |
| Classification | O-SLu-g-sq-v-5-c |
| Page in publication | 176 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 1 - 5 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 3.83 | 7.62 |
| Standard deviation | 0.92 | 2.15 |
| Scores in | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| % | 2.3 | 8.9 | 11.8 | 57.4 | 19.6 |
| Full text | Selfreport on single question: "How satisfied are you with your life in general? Indicate your satisfaction by giving a number between 0 and 100, the '0' means 'completely unsatisfied' and '100' means 'completely satisfied'. So, the more satisfied you are, the higher the number." 0 completely unsatisfied 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 completely satisfied |
| Classification | O-SLu-g-sq-n-101-a |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 0 - 100 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 7.10 | 6.78 |
| Standard deviation | 2.03 | 2.26 |
| Scores in | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 |
| % | 2.7 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 13.0 | 11.6 | 18.1 | 26.2 | 12.0 | 11.3 | 0.0 |