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Distributional findings

Study EPA/SPB (1987): study JP 2003

Public
20+ aged, general public, Japan, 2003
Survey name
JP-Life-in-nation2003
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 7030
Non Response
29,7
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: 11.5%,   2: 28.1%,   3: 50.9%,   4: 7.2%   (total 97.7%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.55 5.66
SD:
0.79 1.72