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European Social Survey (ESS) (2013): study IE South east (Waterford / Wexford) 2002

Publication

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

Investigation

Public
15+ aged, general public, South east (Waterford / Wexford), Ireland, 2002-2011
Survey name
EU-ESS 1-5: 2002-2012
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 302
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: 0.3%,   2: 1%,   3: 2.2%,   4: 3%,   5: 3.4%,   6: 8.9%,   7: 7.7%,   8: 23%,   9: 23.2%,   10: 19.1%,   11: 8.2%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.19 7.19
SD:
1.99 1.99
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: 0.7%,   2: 0%,   3: 1.3%,   4: 1.7%,   5: 2%,   6: 7.3%,   7: 7.9%,   8: 21.5%,   9: 27.5%,   10: 22.2%,   11: 7.9%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.49 7.49
SD:
1.77 1.77