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European Social Survey (ESS) (2012): study GB West Midlands 2002

Publication

Author(s):
European Social Survey (ESS),
Title:
European Social Survey Round 6
Source:
Homepage European Social Survey

Investigation

Public
15+ aged, general public, West Midlands, United Kingdom, 2002-2011
Survey name
EU-ESS 1-5: 2002-2012
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 220
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 are you with your life as a whole nowadays?
0  extremely dissatisfied
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 extremely satisfied
-    don't know
-   no answer
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-cd
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.9%,   2: 1.8%,   3: 1.8%,   4: 6.4%,   5: 4.1%,   6: 11.4%,   7: 9.5%,   8: 12.7%,   9: 28.6%,   10: 11.8%,   11: 10.5%   (total 99.5%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.87 6.87
SD:
2.28 2.28
Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking all things together, how happy would you say you are?
0  extremely unhappy
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 extremely happy
-    don't know
-    no answer
Classification:
O-HL-u-sq-n-11-a
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.9%,   2: 0%,   3: 1.8%,   4: 2.7%,   5: 4.1%,   6: 13.6%,   7: 6.4%,   8: 15.9%,   9: 26.4%,   10: 13.6%,   11: 14.5%   (total 99.9%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.25 7.25
SD:
2.09 2.09