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Keck & Delhey (2004): study EE 2003

Publication

Author(s):
Keck, W.; Delhey, J.
Title:
Subjective Well-Being.
Source:
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, "Quality of Life in Europe. First European Quality of Life Survey 2003 ", 2004, Dublin, Ireland, Chapter 7

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, Estonia, 2003
Survey name
EU-EQLS 2003
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 600
Non Response
31.9
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

All things considered, how satisfied or dissatisfied are you with your life these days? Please tell me on a scale of 1 to 10, where one means very dissatisfied and 10 means very satisfied
10 very satisfied
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1  very dissatisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-b
Page in publication:
61
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 2.8%,   2: 2.9%,   3: 8.4%,   4: 6.4%,   5: 26.1%,   6: 11.9%,   7: 18.5%,   8: 16.1%,   9: 3.9%,   10: 3.1%   (total 100.1%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
5.85 5.39
SD:
2.02 2.25
Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking all things together on a scale of one to 10, how happy would you say you are? Here one means you are very unhappy and 10 means you are very happy
10 very happy
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1  very unhappy
Classification:
O-HL-u-sq-n-10-b
Page in publication:
61
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 1.6%,   2: 1.2%,   3: 4.1%,   4: 4.3%,   5: 16.2%,   6: 12.3%,   7: 17.5%,   8: 24.6%,   9: 8.7%,   10: 9.7%   (total 100.2%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.82 6.46
SD:
2.03 2.25