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European Social Survey (ESS) (2013): study IE IE Mid-East 2002

Publication

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

Investigation

Public
15+ aged, general public, IE Mid-East, Ireland, 2002-2011
Survey name
EU-ESS 1-5: 2002-2012
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 219
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: 2.8%,   3: 3%,   4: 10.1%,   5: 11.1%,   6: 10.3%,   7: 8.8%,   8: 18.4%,   9: 26.1%,   10: 6%,   11: 3.4%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.13 6.13
SD:
2.22 2.22
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: 1.3%,   3: 2.1%,   4: 10.7%,   5: 12.8%,   6: 7.7%,   7: 5.6%,   8: 23.1%,   9: 23.5%,   10: 9.4%,   11: 3%   (total 99.6%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.28 6.28
SD:
2.19 2.19