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Studies

ISSP (2003): study IE 2001

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, Ireland, 2001
Survey name
INT-ISSP 2002
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 1240
Non Response
38,49
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?
4  very happy
3  fairly happy
2  not so happy
1  not at all happy
Classification:
O-HL-g-sq-v-4-h
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.81%,   2: 2.66%,   3: 51.69%,   4: 41.85%   (total 97.01%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.39 7.58
SD:
0.59 1.65