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European Social Survey (ESS) (2010): study DE 2010

Publication

Author(s):
European Social Survey (ESS),
Title:
European Social Survey Round 5
Source:
Homepage European Social Survey

Investigation

Public
16+ aged, general public, Germany, 2010
Survey name
EU-ESS 5: 2010
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 3031
Non Response
69.5
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: 3011
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.45 7.45
SD:
1.87 1.87
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: 3027
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.9%,   2: 0.7%,   3: 1.6%,   4: 3.6%,   5: 3.4%,   6: 10.6%,   7: 6.4%,   8: 17.1%,   9: 27.5%,   10: 15.4%,   11: 12.6%   (total 99.8%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.25 7.25
SD:
2.11 2.11