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European Social Survey (ESS) (2013): study IE West (Mayo / Galway) 2002

Publication

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

Investigation

Public
15+ aged, general public, West (Mayo / Galway), Ireland, 2002
Survey name
EU-ESS 1-5: 2002-2012
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 367
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: 2.4%,   2: 0.8%,   3: 1.5%,   4: 3.3%,   5: 3.1%,   6: 10.1%,   7: 12.1%,   8: 22.5%,   9: 27.5%,   10: 12%,   11: 4.7%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.82 6.82
SD:
2.08 2.08
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: 0.3%,   2: 1.1%,   3: 1.4%,   4: 2.5%,   5: 3.6%,   6: 9.4%,   7: 9.7%,   8: 22.4%,   9: 27.6%,   10: 18%,   11: 3.9%   (total 99.9%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.10 7.10
SD:
1.85 1.85