BBC (2006): study GB 2005

Publication

Author(s):

BBC,

Title:

The Happiness Formula: Opinion Poll.

Source:

GfK-NOP poll 421059, commissioned by BBC, 2006, London, UK

Investigation

Public

15+ aged, general public, United Kingdom, 2005

Survey name

UK-BBC Happiness Survey

Sample

Probability sample (unspecified)

Respondents

N = 1001

Non Response

not reported

Assessment

Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:

Self report on single question:

If you were to consider your life in general, how happy or unhappy would you say you are on the whole?
4  very happy
3  fairly happy
2  fairly unhappy
1  very unhappy

Classification:

O-HL-g-sq-v-4-g

Author's label:

Happiness

Observed distribution

Frequencies

1: 3.3%,   2: 4.9%,   3: 56.1%,   4: 35.7%   (total 100%)

Summary Statistics

On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10

Mean:

3.24 7.15

SD:

0.69 2.00

Full text:

Self report on single question:

All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as-a-whole these days?
1   not satisfied at all
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10  completely satisfied

Classification:

O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-ab

Author's label:

Life satisfaction

Page in publication:

10

Observed distribution

Frequencies

1: 1.1%,   2: 0.4%,   3: 1.8%,   4: 3.2%,   5: 8.4%,   6: 8.9%,   7: 21.3%,   8: 33.4%,   9: 11.3%,   10: 9.8%   (total 99.6%)

Summary Statistics

On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10

Mean:

7.34 7.05

SD:

1.75 1.94

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Gender Sex: male (vs female) Age Current age (in years) Social class Current socio-economic status Region Region in UK Marital Status Married (vs never married)
Married vs earlier married (widowed + separated + divorced)
Formally-married vs living-as-married Working Status Current employment status
Size of current job Life satisfaction O-HL by O-SL Worry Amount of worrying Source of own happiness Perceived sources of one's own happiness Current work Current employment status General work satisfaction Satisfaction with work-as-a-whole Amount of stress in the job Strain at work Happiness vs work Valuation of happiness
Hedonic values
Work values
Educational values Close friends Number of close friends
Current contacts with friends Neighbourhood Attitude to neighborhood Acceptance of happiness' drugs Acceptance of happiness elevating drugs Current Health Current general health status Trust in people Trusting
Trust in people View on happines as governement's prime objective Hedonic values
Political values
Economical values Concept of happiness Concept of happiness