EPA/SPB (1987): study JP 1996
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, 1996
- Survey name
- JP-Life-in-nation1996
- Sample
- Probability multi-stage random
- Respondents
- N = 7303
- Non Response
- 26,97
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
Overall, to what degree are you satisfied with your life these days?
4 satisfied
3 fairly satisfied
2 somewhat dissatisfied
1 dissatisfied
- none of these
- don't know
In the Japanese version, answer option 'none of these' was presented in third position and may have been interpreted as 'neutral' by some respondents. - Classification:
- O-SLW-c-sq-v-4-e
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 6.2%, 2: 21.6%, 3: 59.6%, 4: 10.3% (total 97.7%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.76 6.11
- SD:
- 0.72 1.59