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Studies

Youth Affairs Administration (2003): study JP 1998

Publication

Author(s):
Youth Affairs Administration,
Title:
The Japanese youth, in comparison with the youth of the world A Summary Report of the Seventh World Youth Survey, 2003
Source:
Youth Affairs Administration, Government Japan

Investigation

Public
Twens, Japan, 1998
Survey name
INT-WorldYouthSurvey 6
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 1047
Non Response
0
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

All things considered, how happy would you say you are?
4  happy
3  more of less happy
2  more or less unhappy
1  unhappy
-  don't know / no answer
Classification:
O-HL-c-sq-v-4-s
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 1.2%,   2: 4.3%,   3: 43.9%,   4: 49%   (total 98.4%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.43 6.42
SD:
0.64 0.70