Saris et al. (1996): study RU 1991

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Full text:: Self report on single question:

How satisfied are you with your life in general?
5  completely satisfied
4  satisfied
3  unsatisfied nor satisfied
2  unsatisfied
1  completely unsatisfied
Classification:: O-SLu-g-sq-v-5-c
Page in publication:: 205
Observed distribution
Frequencies: 1: 2.4%, 2: 10.6%, 3: 42.9%, 4: 39.5%, 5: 4.6% (total 100%)
Summary Statistics: On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:: 3.33 6.32
SD:: 0.82 2.17

Full text:: Self report on single question:

'Altogether and considering all things which are important to you, and using scale from 0 to 10, where 0 means that your life is going very badly and 10 that your life is going very well, how would you say things are going currently?"
0 completely dissatisfied
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 completely satisfied
Classification:: O-SLC-c-sq-n-11-a
Page in publication:: 208
Observed distribution
Frequencies: 1: 4.1%, 2: 1%, 3: 2.4%, 4: 4.8%, 5: 2.8%, 6: 34.2%, 7: 6%, 8: 11.3%, 9: 13.8%, 10: 4.7%, 11: 14.8% (total 99.9%)
Summary Statistics: On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:: 6.19 6.19
SD:: 2.53 2.53

Full text:: Self report on single question:

"How satisfied are you with your life in general? Indicate your satisfaction by giving a number between 0 and 100, the '0' means 'completely unsatisfied' and '100' means 'completely satisfied'. So, the more satisfied you are, the higher the number."
0 completely unsatisfied
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100 completely satisfied
Classification:: O-SLu-g-sq-n-101-a
Observed distribution
Frequencies: 1: 5.3%, 2: 2.1%, 3: 4.8%, 4: 2.5%, 5: 37.6%, 6: 5.3%, 7: 10.5%, 8: 13%, 9: 4.6%, 10: 13.9%, 11: 0%, 12: 0%, 13: 0%, 14: 0%, 15: 0%, 16: 0%, 17: 0%, 18: 0%, 19: 0%, 20: 0%, 21: 0%, 22: 0%, 23: 0%, 24: 0%, 25: 0%, 26: 0%, 27: 0%, 28: 0%, 29: 0%, 30: 0%, 31: 0%, 32: 0%, 33: 0%, 34: 0%, 35: 0%, 36: 0%, 37: 0%, 38: 0%, 39: 0%, 40: 0%, 41: 0%, 42: 0%, 43: 0%, 44: 0%, 45: 0%, 46: 0%, 47: 0%, 48: 0%, 49: 0%, 50: 0%, 51: 0%, 52: 0%, 53: 0%, 54: 0%, 55: 0%, 56: 0%, 57: 0%, 58: 0%, 59: 0%, 60: 0%, 61: 0%, 62: 0%, 63: 0%, 64: 0%, 65: 0%, 66: 0%, 67: 0%, 68: 0%, 69: 0%, 70: 0%, 71: 0%, 72: 0%, 73: 0%, 74: 0%, 75: 0%, 76: 0%, 77: 0%, 78: 0%, 79: 0%, 80: 0%, 81: 0%, 82: 0%, 83: 0%, 84: 0%, 85: 0%, 86: 0%, 87: 0%, 88: 0%, 89: 0%, 90: 0%, 91: 0%, 92: 0%, 93: 0%, 94: 0%, 95: 0%, 96: 0%, 97: 0%, 98: 0%, 99: 0%, 100: 0%, 101: 0% (total 99.6%)
Summary Statistics: On original range 0 - 100 On range 0-10
Mean:: 6.14 5.71
SD:: 2.42 2.68

Full text:: Self report on single question:

How satisfied are you with your life in general? Indicate your satisfaction by giving a number between 0 and 10, where 0 means 'completely dissatisfied' and 10 'completely satisfied'. So, the more satisfied you are the higher the number.
0 completely unsatisfied
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 completely satisfied
Classification:: O-SLu-g-sq-n-11-a
Remarks:: Source: + personal communication W. Saris
Page in publication:: 203, 208
Observed distribution
Frequencies: 1: 5%, 2: 1%, 3: 2%, 4: 5%, 5: 3%, 6: 34%, 7: 6%, 8: 11%, 9: 13%, 10: 4%, 11: 13% (total 97%)
Summary Statistics: On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:: 6.03 6.03
SD:: 2.56 2.56