EPA/SPB (1987): study JP 2008
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, 2008
- Survey name
- JP-Life-in-Nation2008
- Sample
- Probability systematic sample
- Respondents
- N = 6146
- Non Response
- 38,5
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
- 
            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: 10.2%, 2: 28.2%, 3: 52.4%, 4: 8% (total 98.8%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.59 5.74
- SD:
- 0.78 1.71