Study ISSP (2003): study GB 2002

Public

Adults, age range not reported, general public, United Kingdom, 2002

Survey name

INT-ISSP 2002

Sample

Probability multi-stage random

Respondents

N = 1960

Non Response

47,42

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: 0.36%,   2: 0.87%,   3: 2.6%,   4: 8.72%,   5: 37.91%,   6: 34.49%,   7: 12.6%   (total 97.55%)

Summary Statistics

On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10

Mean:

5.43 7.65

SD:

1.01 1.96