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European Social Survey (ESS) (2002): study NL 2002

Publication

Author(s):
European Social Survey (ESS),
Title:
European Social Survey (ESS) Round 1
Source:
Homepage European Social Survey

Investigation

Public
15+ aged, general public, Netherlands, 2002
Survey name
EU-ESS 1: 2002
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 2364
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 happy would you say you are?
0  extremely unhappy
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2
3
4
5
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7
8
9
10 extremely happy
-    don't know
-    no answer
Classification:
O-HL-u-sq-n-11-a
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.15%,   2: 0.08%,   3: 0.21%,   4: 0.81%,   5: 1.41%,   6: 2.94%,   7: 5.26%,   8: 19.63%,   9: 40.81%,   10: 19.56%,   11: 8.97%   (total 99.83%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.86 7.86
SD:
1.36 1.36
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
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7
8
9
10 extremely satisfied
-    don't know
-   no answer
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-cd
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.54%,   2: 0.37%,   3: 0.41%,   4: 1.22%,   5: 1.99%,   6: 4.27%,   7: 5.22%,   8: 19.96%,   9: 39.36%,   10: 17.53%,   11: 8.87%   (total 99.74%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.69 7.69
SD:
1.59 1.59