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Studies

EPA/SPB (1987): study JP 1979

Publication

Author(s):
EPA/SPB,
Title:
Life in nation survey
Source:
Economic Planning Agency, Social Policy Bureau, Government Japan

Investigation

Public
20+ aged, general public, Japan, 1979
Survey name
JP-Life-in-Nation1979
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 8239
Non Response
17,61
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question

How do you feel with life these days?
4  very satisfied
3  somewhat satisfied
2  somewhat dissatisfied
1  very dissatisfied
-   don't know
Classification:
O-SLu-c-sq-v-4-e
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 3.1%,   2: 28.5%,   3: 60.4%,   4: 7.1%   (total 99.1%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.72 6.01
SD:
0.64 1.70