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ISSP (2003): study DE West Germany 2002

Publication

Author(s):
ISSP,
Title:
International Social Survey Programme (ISSP): Website
Source:
International Social Survey Programme

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, West-Germany region, Germany, 2002
Survey name
INT-ISSP 2002
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 936
Non Response
48,92
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

If you were to consider your life in general, how happy or unhappy would you say you are, on the whole?
7  completely happy
6  very happy
5  fairly happy
4  neither happy nor unhappy
3  fairly unhappy
2  very unhappy
1  completely unhappy
-   can't choose
-   no answer
Classification:
O-HL-g-sq-v-7-a
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0%,   2: 0.43%,   3: 1.92%,   4: 14.74%,   5: 49.68%,   6: 24.36%,   7: 5.88%   (total 97.01%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
Mean:
5.17 7.11
SD:
0.86 1.71