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Eurobarometer (2000b): study ZZ EU 15 2000 /1

Publication

Author(s):
Eurobarometer,
Title:
Eurobarometer Report. Nr. 54.
Source:
European Commission, 2000, Brussels, Belgium

Investigation

Public
15+ aged, general public, EU 15 member states, 2000
Survey name
EU-Eurobarometer 54
Sample
Probability multi-stage cluster sample
Respondents
N = 15900
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
In people's home in the appropriate national language.

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single  question:

On the whole how satisfied are you with the life you lead?
4  very satisfied
3  fairly satisfied
2  not very satisfied
1  not at all satisfied
-  Don't know
Classification:
O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-b
Author's label:
Expectations for 2001: Life in general
Page in publication:
B.1,B.2
Error estimates:
The survey results are estimations, the accuracy of which, everything being equal, rests upon the sample size and upon the observed percentage. The number of interviews per country were 1.000 With samples of about 1.000 interviews, the real percentage vary within the following confidence limits:observed percentage 10,90 (1,9%); 20,80 (2,5%); 30,70 (2,7%); 40,60 (3%); 50(3,1%)
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 3%,   2: 13%,   3: 62%,   4: 21%   (total 99%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.02 6.57
SD:
0.68 1.87

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Sex