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Distributional findings

Study EPA/SPB (1987): study JP 2013

Public
20+ aged, general public, Japan, 2013
Survey name
JP-Life-in-Nation2012
Sample
Probability systematic sample
Respondents
N = 6075
Non Response
39,9 %
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: 5.3%,   2: 22.2%,   3: 60.7%,   4: 10.3%   (total 98.5%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.77 6.14
SD:
0.70 1.56