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European Social Survey (ESS) (2013): study IE South west (Kerry / Cork) 2002

Publication

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

Investigation

Public
15+ aged, general public, South west (Kerry / Cork), Ireland, 2002-2011
Survey name
EU-ESS 1-5: 2002-2012
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 364
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: 2.5%,   2: 1.2%,   3: 2.6%,   4: 2.5%,   5: 4.3%,   6: 9.5%,   7: 9.1%,   8: 16.1%,   9: 24.5%,   10: 14%,   11: 13.8%   (total 100.1%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.05 7.05
SD:
2.37 2.37
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: 2.5%,   2: 0.3%,   3: 0.5%,   4: 2.2%,   5: 3%,   6: 5.8%,   7: 6%,   8: 17%,   9: 27.5%,   10: 19.8%,   11: 15.4%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.56 7.56
SD:
2.12 2.12