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Studies

Eurobarometer (2004b): study BE 1976

Publication

Author(s):
Eurobarometer,
Title:
The Mannheim Eurobarometer Trend file 1970-2002
Source:
European Commission, 2004, Brussels, Belgium

Investigation

Public
15+ aged, general public, Belgium, 1976
Survey name
EU-Eurobarometer 05
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 963
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   really happy
2   fairly happy
1   not too happy
Classification:
O-HL-c-sq-v-3-ai
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'
Page in publication:
A17
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 10.3%,   2: 52.1%,   3: 34.8%   (total 97.2%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.25 7.25
SD:
0.63 1.69
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
Page in publication:
satislfe
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 3.2%,   2: 7.2%,   3: 51.9%,   4: 36.3%   (total 98.6%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.23 7.16
SD:
0.72 1.98