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Studies

Eurobarometer (2004b): study FR 1978

Publication

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

Investigation

Public
15+ aged, general public, France, 1978
Survey name
EU-Eurobarometer 09
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 1105
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, The Netherlands and France, while in the other Eurobarometer surveys that option was phrased as 'very happy'
Page in publication:
A19
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 26.4%,   2: 59.3%,   3: 11.6%   (total 97.3%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 3 On range 0-10
Mean:
1.85 6.18
SD:
0.61 1.55
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:
A9
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 9.1%,   2: 19.4%,   3: 58.7%,   4: 11.9%   (total 99.1%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.74 5.81
SD:
0.78 2.12