Study EPA/SPB (1987): study JP 1995

Public

20+ aged, general public, Japan, 1995

Survey name

JP-Life-in-nation1995

Sample

Probability multi-stage random

Respondents

N = 7347

Non Response

26,53

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Happiness measure(s)

Full text:

Self report on single question:

Overall, to what degree are you satisfied with your life  these days?
4  satisfied
3  fairly satisfied
2  somewhat dissatisfied
1  dissatisfied
-   none of these
-   don't know

In the Japanese version, answer option 'none of these' was presented in third position and may have been interpreted as 'neutral' by some respondents.

Classification:

O-SLW-c-sq-v-4-e

Observed distribution

Frequencies

1: 4.8%,   2: 19.8%,   3: 62.4%,   4: 10.4%   (total 97.4%)

Summary Statistics

On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10

Mean:

2.81 6.25

SD:

0.68 1.79