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Studies

Romanian POB (2011): study RO 2005 /1

Publication

Author(s):
Romanian POB,
Title:
Public Opinion Barometer, Romania
Source:
Soros Foundation, Romania

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, Romania, 2005
Survey name
RO-Romanian POB
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 1776
Non Response
0
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

If you consider all the aspects of your recent life, in what measure are you satisfied with it?
1  completely unsatisfied
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 completely satisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-ac
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 5.2%,   2: 4.6%,   3: 9.2%,   4: 8.1%,   5: 15.9%,   6: 10.1%,   7: 13.9%,   8: 16%,   9: 6%,   10: 4.3%   (total 93.3%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
5.75 5.28
SD:
2.38 2.65
Full text:
Self report on single question:

Generally, how satisfied are you with the way you live?
1  not at all satisfied
2  quite unsatisfied
3  quite satisfied
4  very satisfied
Classification:
O-SLL-g-sq-v-4-d
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 13%,   2: 44.7%,   3: 39.2%,   4: 2%   (total 98.9%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.31 4.56
SD:
0.72 2.02
Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking everything into consideration, how happy do you consider yourself?
4  very happy
3  quite happy
2  not so happy
1  very unhappy
-   DK/NA
Classification:
O-HL-u-sq-v-4-e
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 7.4%,   2: 36.5%,   3: 48%,   4: 7.3%   (total 99.2%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.56 5.72
SD:
0.74 2.07