Keck & Delhey (2004): study EE 2003

Publication

Author(s):: Keck, W.; Delhey, J.
Title:: Subjective Well-Being.
Source:: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, "Quality of Life in Europe. First European Quality of Life Survey 2003 ", 2004, Dublin, Ireland, Chapter 7

Full text:: Self report on single question:

All things considered, how satisfied or dissatisfied are you with your life these days? Please tell me on a scale of 1 to 10, where one means very dissatisfied and 10 means very satisfied
10 very satisfied
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1 very dissatisfied
- don't know
Classification:: O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-b
Page in publication:: 61
Observed distribution
Frequencies: 1: 2.8%, 2: 2.9%, 3: 8.4%, 4: 6.4%, 5: 26.1%, 6: 11.9%, 7: 18.5%, 8: 16.1%, 9: 3.9%, 10: 3.1% (total 100.1%)
Summary Statistics: On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:: 5.85 5.39
SD:: 2.02 2.25

Full text:: Self report on single question:

Taking all things together on a scale of one to 10, how happy would you say you are? Here one means you are very unhappy and 10 means you are very happy
10 very happy
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1 very unhappy
Classification:: O-HL-u-sq-n-10-b
Page in publication:: 61
Observed distribution
Frequencies: 1: 1.6%, 2: 1.2%, 3: 4.1%, 4: 4.3%, 5: 16.2%, 6: 12.3%, 7: 17.5%, 8: 24.6%, 9: 8.7%, 10: 9.7% (total 100.2%)
Summary Statistics: On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:: 6.82 6.46
SD:: 2.03 2.25