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Distributional findings

Study Eurobarometer (1986): study BE 1985 /1

Public
15+ aged, general public, Belgium, 1985
Survey name
EU-Eurobarometer 24
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 1011
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness measure(s)

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking all things together, how would you say things are these days? Would you say you are...?
3   really happy
2   fairly happy
1   not too happy
Classification:
O-HL-c-sq-v-3-ai
Remarks:
Response option 'really happy'  was used in Belgium, France and The Netherlands, while in the other Eurobarometer surveys that option was phrased as 'very happy'
Page in publication:
A17
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 13%,   2: 62%,   3: 23%   (total 98%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.10 6.84
SD:
0.60 1.58
Full text:
Self report on single  question:

On the whole how satisfied are you with the life you lead?
4  very satisfied
3  fairly satisfied
2  not very satisfied
1  not at all satisfied
-  Don't know
Classification:
O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-b
Page in publication:
A5
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 4%,   2: 15%,   3: 62%,   4: 18%   (total 99%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.95 6.37
SD:
0.70 1.92