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European Social Survey (ESS) (2016): study DE 2016

Publication

Author(s):
European Social Survey (ESS),
Title:
European Social Survey Round 8
Source:
Homepage European Social Survey

Investigation

Public
15+ aged, general public, Germany, 2016
Survey name
EU-ESS 8:2016
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 2852
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 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
Author's label:
Happiness
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.82 7.82
SD:
1.68 1.68
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
Author's label:
Life satisfaction
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.8%,   2: 0.6%,   3: 1.3%,   4: 2.9%,   5: 2.7%,   6: 7.6%,   7: 6.5%,   8: 15.4%,   9: 28.8%,   10: 19.1%,   11: 14%   (total 99.7%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.52 7.52
SD:
2.01 2.01