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Distributional findings

Study Leisure Development Cen (1980): study FR 1979

Public
18+ aged, general public, France, 1979
Sample
Respondents
N = 1000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview

Happiness measure(s)

Full text:
Self report on single question:

How happy do you feel as you live now? Please choose one item on this card that comes closest to your feeling.
5  very happy
4  fairly happy
3  neither happy nor unhappy
2  fairly unhappy
1  very unhappy
Classification:
O-HL-c-sq-v-5-e
Author's label:
Feeling happy
Page in publication:
94
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.6%,   2: 1.5%,   3: 31.3%,   4: 50.9%,   5: 15.6%   (total 99.9%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.79 6.42
SD:
0.74 1.48
Full text:
Self report on single question:

Overall, how satisfied are you with your present life.......?
Please choose from this card that is closest to your feeling.
5  very satisfied
4  fairly satisfied
3  neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
2  fairly dissatisfied
1  very dissatisfied
Classification:
O-SLu-c-sq-v-5-a
Author's label:
Satisfaction with life
Page in publication:
96
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.6%,   2: 3%,   3: 28.6%,   4: 53.8%,   5: 13.5%   (total 99.5%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.77 6.36
SD:
0.74 1.43