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Eurobarometer (1995): study ZZ EU 10 1986

Publication

Author(s):
Eurobarometer,
Title:
Eurobarometer Report. Nr. 43.
Source:
European Commission,1995, Brussels, Belgium

Investigation

Public
15+ aged, general public, EU 10, 1986
Survey name
EU-Eurobarometer 26
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 9827
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 would you say things are these days? Would you say you are...?
3   very happy
2   fairly happy
1   not too happy
Classification:
O-HL-c-sq-v-3-ab
Remarks:
Response option 'really happy'  was used in Belgium, France and The Netherlands, while in the other Eurobarometer surveys that option was phrased as 'very happy'
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 19%,   2: 62%,   3: 17%   (total 98%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
Mean:
1.98 6.52
SD:
0.61 1.57