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Distributional findings

Study Calvi (1987): study IT 1985

Public
Adults, age range not reported, general public, Italy, 1985
Survey name
INT-ISSP 1985
Sample
Respondents
N = 1000
Non Response
0
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness measure(s)

Full text:
Self report on single question:

I will list some aspects of life. For each of these aspects you should tell me how satisfied you are with ..your life altogether
4  very satisfied
3  quite satisfied
2  little satisfied
1  not at all satisfied
-   DK/NA

The question on life satisfaction was posed last after questions on satisfaction with marriage, family, income, friends, savings, education level,  work (housework if housekeeper), dwelling, city where you live, health and yourself
Classification:
O-SLW-u-sq-v-4-j
Page in publication:
204
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 2%,   2: 11%,   3: 62%,   4: 23.8%   (total 98.8%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.09 6.98
SD:
0.65 1.72