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European Social Survey (ESS) (2004): study GB 2004

Publication

Author(s):
European Social Survey (ESS),
Title:
European Social Survey Round 2
Source:
Homepage European Social Survey

Investigation

Public
16+ aged, general public, United Kingdom, 2004
Survey name
EU-ESS 2: 2004
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 1897
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
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2
3
4
5
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7
8
9
10 extremely happy
-    don't know
-    no answer
Classification:
O-HL-u-sq-n-11-a
Page in publication:
C1
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.2%,   2: 0.1%,   3: 0.8%,   4: 1.8%,   5: 4%,   6: 8.1%,   7: 8.8%,   8: 19.1%,   9: 27.8%,   10: 17.6%,   11: 11.4%   (total 99.7%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.47 7.47
SD:
1.79 1.79
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
Page in publication:
B24
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.6%,   2: 0.5%,   3: 0.6%,   4: 3.7%,   5: 5.2%,   6: 9.9%,   7: 8.9%,   8: 20.5%,   9: 27.9%,   10: 12.2%,   11: 9.6%   (total 99.6%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.12 7.12
SD:
1.95 1.95