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Keck & Delhey (2004): study IT 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, Italy, 2003
Survey name
EU-EQLS 2003
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 1000
Non Response
36,9
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: 0.9%,   2: 0.8%,   3: 1%,   4: 2.9%,   5: 6.5%,   6: 13.4%,   7: 26.2%,   8: 33.6%,   9: 8.1%,   10: 6.7%   (total 100.1%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.21 6.90
SD:
1.60 1.78
Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking all things together on a scale of one to 10, how happy would you say you are? Here one means you are very unhappy and 10 means you are very happy
10 very happy
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1  very unhappy
Classification:
O-HL-u-sq-n-10-b
Page in publication:
61
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.8%,   2: 0.6%,   3: 0.8%,   4: 1.6%,   5: 4.6%,   6: 10.9%,   7: 22.1%,   8: 37.8%,   9: 11.7%,   10: 9.1%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.53 7.25
SD:
1.55 1.72