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European Social Survey (ESS) (2013): study DE Bayern 2002

Publication

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

Investigation

Public
15+ aged, general public, Bayern, Germany, 2002-2010
Survey name
EU-ESS 1-5: 2002-2012
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 430
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: 0.5%,   2: 0.2%,   3: 0.9%,   4: 4.9%,   5: 3.7%,   6: 9.1%,   7: 5.6%,   8: 19.1%,   9: 25.3%,   10: 17.9%,   11: 12.8%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.36 7.36
SD:
2.02 2.02
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%,   2: 0.2%,   3: 0.9%,   4: 1.4%,   5: 2.3%,   6: 12.3%,   7: 7%,   8: 18.6%,   9: 27.9%,   10: 17%,   11: 12.1%   (total 99.7%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.49 7.49
SD:
1.76 1.76