EPA/SPB (1987): study JP 2012
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, 2012
- Survey name
- JP-Life-in-Nation2013
- Sample
- Probability systematic sample
- Respondents
- N = 6351
- Non Response
- 36.5 %
- 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: 7.3%, 2: 24.7%, 3: 56.9%, 4: 10.4% (total 99.3%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.71 5.99
- SD:
- 0.75 1.65