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Studies

BHPS (2010): study GB 2002

Publication

Author(s):
BHPS,
Title:
British Household Panel Survey: website
Source:
Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of Essex, UK

Investigation

Public
16+ aged, general public, United Kingdom, 2002-03
Survey name
UK-BHPS 2003
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 16597
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

How dissatisfied or satisfied are you with your life as a whole?
1  not satisfied at all
2
3
4
5
6
7  completely satisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-u-sq-n-7-e
Remarks:
wave 12
Page in publication:
LLFSATO
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 1.4%,   2: 1.9%,   3: 5.4%,   4: 12.4%,   5: 26.5%,   6: 29.5%,   7: 14.1%   (total 91.2%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
Mean:
5.25 7.09
SD:
1.30 2.16