Anderson et al. (2009): study BG 2007

Publication

Author(s):: Anderson, R.; Lyly-Yrjanainen, M.; Mikulic, B.; Vermeylen, G.; Zigante, V.
Title:: Second European Quality of Life Survey. Overview.
Source:: European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, 2009, Dublin, Ireland

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:: 7
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics: On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:: 5.01 4.46
SD:: 2.07 2.30

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:: 7
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics: On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:: 5.81 5.34
SD:: 1.94 2.16

Full text:: Self report on single question:

On the whole my life is close to how I would like it to be
1  strongly disagree
2  disagree
3  neither disagree nor agree
4  agree
5  strongly agree
-   don't know
Classification:: C-RA-u-sq-v-5-a
Page in publication:: 10
Observed distribution
Frequencies: 1: 9%, 2: 30%, 3: 30%, 4: 25%, 5: 3% (total 97%)
Summary Statistics: On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:: 2.82 4.65
SD:: 1.02 2.03