Study Knies (2011): study GB 2008

Public

Young people, aged 10-15, UK, 200?

Survey name

Unnamed study

Sample

Probability simple random sample

Respondents

N = 2163

Non Response

158

Assessment

Multiple assesment methods
Interview: computer assisted (CAPI) & Questionnaire: paper

Happiness measure(s)

Full text:

Self report on single question:

Which of these faces describe best how you feel about your life as a whole?
7  completely happy
6
5
4
3
2
1  not at all happy

Classification:

O-HL-u-sq-f-7-a

Observed distribution

Frequencies

1: 0.52%,   2: 0.84%,   3: 1.95%,   4: 6.81%,   5: 16.53%,   6: 36.85%,   7: 35.62%   (total 99.12%)

Summary Statistics

On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10

Mean:

5.94 8.23

SD:

1.11 1.86