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Studies

Drobnic et al. (2010): study ZZ EU 9 2003

Publication

Author(s):
Drobnic, S.; Beham, B.; Präg, P.
Title:
Good Job, Good Life? Working Conditions and Quality of Life in Europe.
Source:
Social Indicators Research, 2010, Vol. 99, 205 - 225

Investigation

Public
Working people, 9 European Union countries, 2003
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 3354
Non Response
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
Author's label:
Overall life satisfaction
Remarks:
Sweden: M= 7.90, Finland: M= 8.23, Netherlands: M= 7.64, Germany: M=7.47, United Kingdom: M= 7.50, Portugal: M= 6.30, Spain: M= 7.57, Hungary: M= 6.10 and Bulgaria: M= 4.69.
Page in publication:
209
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.04 6.99
SD:
- -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Working hours