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Distributional findings

Study Boelhouwer (2009): study NL 2008

Public
16+ aged, general public, Netherlands, 2008
Survey name
NL-SLI 2008
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 2554
Non Response
0
Assessment
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)

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
Page in publication:
12.9
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.2%,   2: 0.1%,   3: 0.2%,   4: 1%,   5: 2.1%,   6: 5.7%,   7: 22.2%,   8: 42.2%,   9: 16.3%,   10: 9.2%   (total 99.2%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.88 7.64
SD:
1.23 1.37