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European Social Survey (ESS) (2012): study ES 2012

Publication

Author(s):
European Social Survey (ESS),
Title:
European Social Survey Round 6
Source:
Homepage European Social Survey

Investigation

Public
15+ aged, general public, Spain, 2012
Survey name
EU-ESS 6: 2012
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 1889
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

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
6
7
8
9
10 extremely satisfied
-    don't know
-   no answer
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-cd
Author's label:
STFLIFE
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 2.4%,   2: 0.8%,   3: 2.2%,   4: 3.8%,   5: 4%,   6: 11.1%,   7: 10.8%,   8: 17.7%,   9: 22.6%,   10: 11.3%,   11: 13%   (total 99.7%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.91 6.91
SD:
2.32 2.32
Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking all things together, how happy would you say you are?
0  extremely unhappy
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 extremely happy
-    don't know
-    no answer
Classification:
O-HL-u-sq-n-11-a
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.6%,   2: 0.4%,   3: 0.8%,   4: 1.8%,   5: 2.1%,   6: 7.2%,   7: 9.1%,   8: 19.8%,   9: 26.4%,   10: 15.6%,   11: 16.2%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.59 7.59
SD:
1.87 1.87