Keck & Delhey (2004): study SK 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

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
- don't know
Classification:: O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-b
Page in publication:: 61
Observed distribution
Frequencies: 1: 6.5%, 2: 4.8%, 3: 8.5%, 4: 10.8%, 5: 16.3%, 6: 11.4%, 7: 15.6%, 8: 15.8%, 9: 6.6%, 10: 3.7% (total 100%)
Summary Statistics: On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:: 5.67 5.19
SD:: 2.37 2.63

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: 1.1%, 2: 2.8%, 3: 5.3%, 4: 5.9%, 5: 17.1%, 6: 12.7%, 7: 18.4%, 8: 19.8%, 9: 12.4%, 10: 4.4% (total 99.9%)
Summary Statistics: On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:: 6.51 6.13
SD:: 2.04 2.26