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European Social Survey (ESS) (2012): study GB Scotland 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, Scotland, United Kingdom, 2002-2011
Survey name
EU-ESS 1-5: 2002-2012
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 247
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%,   2: 0%,   3: 2%,   4: 3.2%,   5: 5.3%,   6: 7.7%,   7: 6.5%,   8: 19.4%,   9: 29.6%,   10: 15.8%,   11: 10.5%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.32 7.32
SD:
1.91 1.91
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: 0.4%,   2: 0%,   3: 0.4%,   4: 1.6%,   5: 4%,   6: 4%,   7: 4.9%,   8: 18.2%,   9: 40.1%,   10: 17%,   11: 9.3%   (total 99.9%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.66 7.66
SD:
1.61 1.61