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ISSP (2003): study PL 2002

Publication

Author(s):
ISSP,
Title:
International Social Survey Programme (ISSP): Website
Source:
International Social Survey Programme

Investigation

Public
Adults, age range not reported, general public, Poland, 2002
Survey name
INT-ISSP 2002
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 1252
Non Response
30,39
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

If you were to consider your life in general, how happy or unhappy would you say you are, on the whole?
7  completely happy
6  very happy
5  fairly happy
4  neither happy nor unhappy
3  fairly unhappy
2  very unhappy
1  completely unhappy
-   can't choose
-   no answer
Classification:
O-HL-g-sq-v-7-a
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.48%,   2: 0.64%,   3: 5.83%,   4: 17.73%,   5: 50.96%,   6: 12.78%,   7: 8.55%   (total 96.97%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
Mean:
4.97 6.66
SD:
1.02 1.84