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Studies

Eurobarometer (2004b): study FR 1975

Publication

Author(s):
Eurobarometer,
Title:
The Mannheim Eurobarometer Trend file 1970-2002
Source:
European Commission, 2004, Brussels, Belgium

Investigation

Public
15+ aged, general public, France, 1975
Survey name
EU-Eurobarometer 03
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 1156
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single  question:

On the whole how satisfied are you with the life you lead?
4  very satisfied
3  fairly satisfied
2  not very satisfied
1  not at all satisfied
-  Don't know
Classification:
O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-b
Page in publication:
A19
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 7.7%,   2: 16%,   3: 58.8%,   4: 15.6%   (total 98.1%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.84 6.08
SD:
0.78 2.11
Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking all things together, how would you say things are these days? Would you say you are...?
3   really happy
2   fairly happy
1   not too happy
Classification:
O-HL-c-sq-v-3-ai
Remarks:
Response option 'really happy'  was used in Belgium, France and The Netherlands, while in the other Eurobarometer surveys that option was phrased as 'very happy'
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 28.2%,   2: 53.8%,   3: 15.7%   (total 97.7%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
Mean:
1.87 6.26
SD:
0.66 1.69