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Distributional findings

Study EPA/SPB (1987): study JP 1996

Public
20+ aged, general public, Japan, 1996
Survey name
JP-Life-in-nation1996
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 7303
Non Response
26,97
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: 6.2%,   2: 21.6%,   3: 59.6%,   4: 10.3%   (total 97.7%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.76 6.11
SD:
0.72 1.59