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Distributional findings

Study Boelhouwer (2007a): study NL 2004

Public
16+ aged, general public, The Netherlands, 2004
Survey name
NL-CV 2006
Sample
Probability simple random sample
Respondents
N = 2300
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness measure(s)

Full text:
Self report on single question

'Taken all together, how satisfied are you with the life you currently lead? Please indicate on this scale. 10 means that you are completely satisfied and 1 means that you are completely dissatisfied.'
10  completely satisfied
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1   completely dissatisfied
Classification:
O-SLL-c-sq-n-10-a
Author's label:
Geluk
Page in publication:
144
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 1%,   2: 0%,   3: 1%,   4: 1%,   5: 3%,   6: 9%,   7: 25%,   8: 40%,   9: 14%,   10: 7%   (total 101%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.60 7.34
SD:
1.42 1.58