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Distributional findings

Study ISSP (2003): study AT 2002

Public
Adults, age range not reported, general public, Austria, 2002-03
Survey name
INT-ISSP 2002
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 2047
Non Response
34
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness measure(s)

Full text:
Self report on single question:

If you were to consider your life in general, how happy or unhappy would you say you are, on the whole?
7  completely happy
6  very happy
5  fairly happy
4  neither happy nor unhappy
3  fairly unhappy
2  very unhappy
1  completely unhappy
-   can't choose
-   no answer
Classification:
O-HL-g-sq-v-7-a
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.05%,   2: 0.1%,   3: 1.42%,   4: 10.11%,   5: 36.05%,   6: 35.71%,   7: 15.68%   (total 99.12%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
Mean:
5.54 7.85
SD:
0.94 1.80