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Distributional findings

Study Saris et al. (1996): study BE 1989

Public
16+ aged, general public, Belgium, 1989
Survey name
INT-IRMCS
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 1439
Non Response
Assessment
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)

Happiness measure(s)

Full text:
Self report on single question:

'Altogether and considering all things which are important to you, and using  scale from 0 to 10, where 0 means that your life is going very badly and 10 that your life is going very well, how would you say things are going currently?"
0  completely dissatisfied
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 completely satisfied
Classification:
O-SLC-c-sq-n-11-a
Remarks:
Separate samples in Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels. Mean and SD based on weighted average.
Page in publication:
103
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.72 7.72
SD:
1.53 1.53