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Studies

ISSP (2003): study CH 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, Switzerland, 2002-03
Survey name
INT-ISSP 2002
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 1008
Non Response
54,7
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%,   2: 0.1%,   3: 0.79%,   4: 7.24%,   5: 38.99%,   6: 44.35%,   7: 8.23%   (total 99.7%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
Mean:
5.52 7.89
SD:
0.79 1.66