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European Social Survey (ESS) (2008): study CH 2008

Publication

Author(s):
European Social Survey (ESS),
Title:
European Social Survey Round 4
Source:
Homepage European Social Survey

Investigation

Public
15+ aged, general public, Switzerland, 2008
Survey name
EU-ESS 4: 2008
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 1819
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole nowadays?
0  extremely dissatisfied
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 extremely satisfied
-    don't know
-   no answer
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-cd
Page in publication:
B24
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.4%,   2: 0.3%,   3: 0.4%,   4: 1.4%,   5: 1.6%,   6: 5%,   7: 5.4%,   8: 14.2%,   9: 31.6%,   10: 21.7%,   11: 17.9%   (total 99.9%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.96 7.96
SD:
1.70 1.70
Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking all things together, how happy would you say you are?
0  extremely unhappy
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 extremely happy
-    don't know
-    no answer
Classification:
O-HL-u-sq-n-11-a
Page in publication:
C1
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.2%,   2: 0.1%,   3: 0.4%,   4: 0.9%,   5: 1.3%,   6: 4.7%,   7: 5%,   8: 15.6%,   9: 34.6%,   10: 22.7%,   11: 14.6%   (total 100.1%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.98 7.98
SD:
1.53 1.53