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Distributional findings

Study ISSP (2003): study NZ 2007

Public
18+ aged, general public, New Zealand, 2007
Survey name
INT-ISSP 2007
Sample
Probability systematic sample
Respondents
N = 965
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness measure(s)

Full text:
Self report on single question:

If you were to consider your life in general these days, how happy or unhappy would you say you are, on the whole...?
4  very happy
3  fairly happy
2  not very happy
1  not at all happy
Classification:
O-HL-c-sq-v-4-f
Author's label:
Happiness
Error estimates:
S.e.=0.020
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.7%,   2: 6%,   3: 55.4%,   4: 34.7%   (total 96.8%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.28 7.29
SD:
0.61 1.70