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Distributional findings

Study Keck & Delhey (2004): study SE 2003

Public
18+ aged, general public, Sweden, 2003
Survey name
EU-EQLS 2003
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 1000
Non Response
46,4
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness measure(s)

Full text:
Self report on single question:

All things considered, how satisfied or dissatisfied are you with your life these days? Please tell me on a scale of 1 to 10, where one means very dissatisfied and 10 means very satisfied
10 very satisfied
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1  very dissatisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-b
Page in publication:
61
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.1%,   2: 0.6%,   3: 1.4%,   4: 1.3%,   5: 9%,   6: 5.4%,   7: 16.5%,   8: 31.4%,   9: 17.6%,   10: 16.6%   (total 99.9%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.80 7.56
SD:
1.68 1.86
Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking all things together on a scale of one to 10, how happy would you say you are? Here one means you are very unhappy and 10 means you are very happy
10 very happy
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1  very unhappy
Classification:
O-HL-u-sq-n-10-b
Page in publication:
61
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.1%,   2: 0.4%,   3: 1.2%,   4: 2.3%,   5: 6.7%,   6: 5.8%,   7: 15.8%,   8: 30.8%,   9: 19%,   10: 17.9%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.89 7.66
SD:
1.66 1.84