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European Social Survey (ESS) (2013): study DK Midtyilland 2002

Publication

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

Investigation

Public
15+ aged, general public, Midtyilland, Denmark, 2002-2011
Survey name
EU-ESS 1-5: 2002-2012
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 411
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

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
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.5%,   2: 0.5%,   3: 0.7%,   4: 1%,   5: 1%,   6: 3.4%,   7: 1.7%,   8: 9.5%,   9: 26.8%,   10: 30.9%,   11: 23.8%   (total 99.8%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
8.35 8.35
SD:
1.69 1.69
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
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0%,   2: 0.2%,   3: 0.5%,   4: 1%,   5: 1.5%,   6: 2.2%,   7: 3.2%,   8: 10.7%,   9: 32.1%,   10: 29.9%,   11: 17.8%   (total 99.1%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
8.27 8.27
SD:
1.47 1.47