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Keck & Delhey (2004): study LV 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

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, Latvia, 2003
Survey name
EU-EQLS 2003
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 1000
Non Response
27,2
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

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: 4.9%,   2: 4.1%,   3: 7.7%,   4: 9.2%,   5: 26.2%,   6: 13%,   7: 16.5%,   8: 11.6%,   9: 3.5%,   10: 3.2%   (total 99.9%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
5.54 5.05
SD:
2.11 2.35
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: 1.3%,   2: 3%,   3: 4.8%,   4: 7.1%,   5: 19.8%,   6: 11.6%,   7: 21.1%,   8: 18.1%,   9: 5.6%,   10: 7.5%   (total 99.9%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.37 5.97
SD:
2.06 2.28