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European Social Survey (ESS) (2012): study GB GB North-West 2002

Publication

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

Investigation

Public
15+ aged, general public, GB North-West, United Kingdom, 2002-2011
Survey name
EU-ESS 1-5: 2002-2012
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 275
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
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.7%,   2: 0.7%,   3: 1.1%,   4: 2.2%,   5: 3.3%,   6: 12.4%,   7: 10.5%,   8: 16.7%,   9: 29.8%,   10: 14.5%,   11: 7.3%   (total 99.2%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.12 7.12
SD:
1.92 1.92
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: 0.4%,   2: 0.4%,   3: 0.7%,   4: 2.2%,   5: 3.6%,   6: 7.6%,   7: 10.9%,   8: 20%,   9: 29.5%,   10: 17.1%,   11: 7.6%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.32 7.32
SD:
1.78 1.78