Rose & Ozcan (2007): study ZZ EU 15 2003

Publication

Author(s):

Rose, R.; Ozcan, Y.

Title:

First European Quality of Life Survey: Quality of Life in Turkey.

Source:

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, 2007, Dublin, Ireland

Investigation

Public:

18+aged general public, 15 EU member states and Turkey, 2003

Sample:

Probability stratified sample

Respondents:

N = 26000

Non Response:

Assessment:

Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:

Selfreport 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

Author's label:

Overall Life Satisfaction

Page in publication:

48

Observed distribution

Frequencies

1: 0%,   2: 0%,   3: 0%,   4: 0%,   5: 0%,   6: 0%,   7: 0%,   8: 0%,   9: 0%,   10: 0%

Summary Statistics

On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10

Mean:

7.40

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Health self-assessed Self-perceived health Destitute: rent, food, utilities Sufficiency of current income Policy satisfaction Satisfaction with health-services
Satisfaction with local transport
Attitudes to state-services Trust in people Trusting
Trust in people Income quartile Personal income
Household income Female Sex (male vs female) Age Current age (in years) Education Level of school-education Class tension Attitudes to social relations in the nation
Ethnic discrimination in environment Safe neighbourhood Perceived safety in vinicity Church attendance Participation in church Manual worker Manual or non-manual
Current occupation Urban area Rural vs urban dwelling Employed Current occupation Influences of characteristics on life-satisfaction Socio-demographic + life-appraisals