Knies (2011): study GB 2008
Publication
- Author(s):
- Knies, G.
- Title:
- Life Satisfaction and Material Well-Being of Young People in the UK.
- Source:
- McFall, S.L.;et al;Eds.; ''Understanding Society'', Institute for Social, and Economic Research, 2011, University of Essex, 2011, UK, 16 - 22
Investigation
- Public
- Young people, aged 10-15, UK, 200?
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Probability simple random sample
- Respondents
- N = 2163
- Non Response
- 158
- Assessment
-
Multiple assesment methods
Interview: computer assisted (CAPI) & Questionnaire: paper
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Which of these faces describe best how you feel about your life as a whole?
7 completely happy
6
5
4
3
2
1 not at all happy - Classification:
- O-HL-u-sq-f-7-a
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0.52%, 2: 0.84%, 3: 1.95%, 4: 6.81%, 5: 16.53%, 6: 36.85%, 7: 35.62% (total 99.12%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 5.94 8.23
- SD:
- 1.11 1.86