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Anderson et al. (2009): study SE 2007

Publication

Author(s):
Anderson, R.; Lyly-Yrjanainen, M.; Mikulic, B.; Vermeylen, G.; Zigante, V.
Title:
Second European Quality of Life Survey. Overview.
Source:
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, 2009, Dublin, Ireland

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, Sweden, 2007
Survey name
EU-EQLS2007
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 1017
Non Response
0
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

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
-  don't know
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-b
Page in publication:
7
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
8.34 8.16
SD:
1.62 1.80
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:
7
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
8.18 7.98
SD:
1.61 1.79
Full text:
Self report on single question:

On the whole my life is close to how I would like it to be
1  strongly disagree
2  disagree
3  neither disagree nor agree
4  agree
5  strongly agree
-   don't know
Classification:
C-RA-u-sq-v-5-a
Page in publication:
10
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 4%,   2: 6%,   3: 4%,   4: 45%,   5: 41%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:
4.13 7.26
SD:
1.02 2.03