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Distributional findings

Study Fitzroy et al. (2013): study GB 1996

Public
18+ aged general public, UK, 1996-2008
Survey name
UK-BHPS combined waves
Sample
Probability multi-stage cluster sample
Respondents
N = 153189
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness measure(s)

Full text:
Self report on single question:

How dissatisfied or satisfied are you with your life as a whole?
1  not satisfied at all
2
3
4
5
6
7  completely satisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-u-sq-n-7-e
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
Mean:
5.23 7.05
SD:
1.29 2.15