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European Social Survey (ESS) (2016): study IE 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, Ireland, 2016
Survey name
EU-ESS 8:2016
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 2766
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:
7.56 7.56
SD:
1.72 1.72
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
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.28 7.28
SD:
1.88 1.88