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Studies

ISSP (2003): study ES 2003

Publication

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

Investigation

Public
Adults, age range not reported, general public, Spain, 2003
Survey name
INT-ISSP 2002
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 2471
Non Response
0,84
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: 0.08%,   2: 0.53%,   3: 1.94%,   4: 13.84%,   5: 47.39%,   6: 28.13%,   7: 7.65%   (total 99.56%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
Mean:
5.24 7.26
SD:
0.90 1.79