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European Social Survey (ESS) (2002): study CH 2002

Publication

Author(s):
European Social Survey (ESS),
Title:
European Social Survey (ESS) Round 1
Source:
Homepage European Social Survey

Investigation

Public
15+ aged, general public, Switzerland, 2002
Survey name
EU-ESS 1: 2002
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 2040
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
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2
3
4
5
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7
8
9
10 extremely happy
-    don't know
-    no answer
Classification:
O-HL-u-sq-n-11-a
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.2%,   2: 0%,   3: 0.25%,   4: 0.54%,   5: 1.17%,   6: 4.43%,   7: 4.56%,   8: 14.26%,   9: 35.57%,   10: 25.4%,   11: 13.44%   (total 99.82%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
8.05 8.05
SD:
1.43 1.43
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: 0.45%,   2: 0.43%,   3: 0.51%,   4: 1.23%,   5: 2.01%,   6: 4.12%,   7: 3.93%,   8: 13.41%,   9: 32.2%,   10: 24.38%,   11: 17.22%   (total 99.89%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
8.01 8.01
SD:
1.71 1.71