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European Social Survey (ESS) (2002): study DE 2002

Publication

Author(s):
European Social Survey (ESS),
Title:
European Social Survey (ESS) Round 1
Source:
Homepage European Social Survey

Investigation

Public
16+ aged, general public, Germany, 2002
Survey name
EU-ESS 1: 2002
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 2919
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking all things together, how happy would you say you are?
0  extremely unhappy
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 extremely happy
-    don't know
-    no answer
Classification:
O-HL-u-sq-n-11-a
Remarks:
valid responses: 2912
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.55%,   2: 0.52%,   3: 1.19%,   4: 2.47%,   5: 3.53%,   6: 10.81%,   7: 8.5%,   8: 18.03%,   9: 29.96%,   10: 15.65%,   11: 8.53%   (total 99.74%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.23 7.23
SD:
1.91 1.91
Full text:
Self report on single question:

All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole nowadays?
0  extremely dissatisfied
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 extremely satisfied
-    don't know
-   no answer
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-cd
Remarks:
valid responses: 2915
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 1.68%,   2: 0.77%,   3: 2.28%,   4: 4.55%,   5: 5.01%,   6: 9.86%,   7: 8.06%,   8: 16.44%,   9: 28.01%,   10: 13.16%,   11: 10.05%   (total 99.87%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.96 6.96
SD:
2.24 2.24