Keck & Delhey (2004): study RO 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: 5.2%, 2: 3%, 3: 4.8%, 4: 6.8%, 5: 17.6%, 6: 11.9%, 7: 16.8%, 8: 21.7%, 9: 6.3%, 10: 5.8% (total 99.9%)
Summary Statistics: On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:: 6.19 5.76
SD:: 2.27 2.52

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: 2%, 2: 1.5%, 3: 2.1%, 4: 4%, 5: 10.9%, 6: 9.2%, 7: 19.1%, 8: 26.2%, 9: 14.4%, 10: 10.6% (total 100%)
Summary Statistics: On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:: 7.16 6.84
SD:: 2.02 2.25