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Distributional findings

Study Leisure Development Cen (1980): study JP 1979

Public
18+ aged, general public, Japan, 1979
Survey name
INT-Gallup World Poll 2009-2016
Sample
Respondents
N = 1574
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: 0.4%,   2: 2.3%,   3: 39.9%,   4: 45%,   5: 12.2%   (total 99.8%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.66 6.19
SD:
0.73 1.42
Full text:
Overall, how satisfied are you with your present life.......?
Please choose from this card that is closest to your feeling.
5  very satisfied
4  quite happy
3  neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
2  very dissatisfied
1  frustrated
Classification:
O-SLu-c-sq-v-5-ab
Author's label:
Satisfaction with life
Page in publication:
96
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.9%,   2: 7.6%,   3: 41.7%,   4: 44.7%,   5: 4.8%   (total 99.7%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 0 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.45 5.77
SD:
0.74 1.27