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Eurobarometer (1986): study NL 1984

Publication

Author(s):
Eurobarometer,
Title:
Eurobarometer Report Nr. 25.
Source:
European Commission, 1986, Brussels, Belgium

Investigation

Public
15+ aged, general public, Netherlands, 1984
Survey name
EU-Eurobarometer 22
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 1018
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

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'
Page in publication:
A22
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 5%,   2: 50%,   3: 43%   (total 98%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.39 7.61
SD:
0.58 1.58