Saris et al. (1996): study BE 1991

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Full text:: Self report on single question:

How satisfied are you with your life?
5  very satisfied
4  somewhat satisfied
3  satisfied
2  somewhat unsatisfied
1  not satisfied
Classification:: O-SLu-u-sq-v-5-c
Remarks:: Data collected in Brussels, Flanders and Wallonia. Scores above are computed from these separate data using their ratios to the total Belgian population
Observed distribution
Frequencies: 1: 0.18%, 2: 2.07%, 3: 8.71%, 4: 57.21%, 5: 28.15% (total 96.32%)
Summary Statistics: On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
Mean:: 4.15 8.29
SD:: 0.68 1.40

Full text:: Self report on single question:

'Altogether and considering all things which are important to you, and using scale from 0 to 10, where 0 means that your life is going very badly and 10 that your life is going very well, how would you say things are going currently?"
0 completely dissatisfied
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10 completely satisfied
Classification:: O-SLC-c-sq-n-11-a
Observed distribution
Frequencies: 1: 0.27%, 2: 0.03%, 3: 0.19%, 4: 0.77%, 5: 1.16%, 6: 4.13%, 7: 5.88%, 8: 14.96%, 9: 33.33%, 10: 20.66%, 11: 18.59% (total 99.97%)
Summary Statistics: On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:: 8.07 8.07
SD:: 1.53 1.53

Full text:: Self report on single question:

"How satisfied are you with your life in general? Indicate your satisfaction by giving a number between 0 and 100, the '0' means 'completely unsatisfied' and '100' means 'completely satisfied'. So, the more satisfied you are, the higher the number."
0 completely unsatisfied
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100 completely satisfied
Classification:: O-SLu-g-sq-n-101-a
Observed distribution
Frequencies: 1: 0.64%, 2: 0.21%, 3: 0.56%, 4: 0.85%, 5: 6.19%, 6: 5.83%, 7: 12.86%, 8: 32.94%, 9: 19.81%, 10: 20.55%, 11: 0%, 12: 0%, 13: 0%, 14: 0%, 15: 0%, 16: 0%, 17: 0%, 18: 0%, 19: 0%, 20: 0%, 21: 0%, 22: 0%, 23: 0%, 24: 0%, 25: 0%, 26: 0%, 27: 0%, 28: 0%, 29: 0%, 30: 0%, 31: 0%, 32: 0%, 33: 0%, 34: 0%, 35: 0%, 36: 0%, 37: 0%, 38: 0%, 39: 0%, 40: 0%, 41: 0%, 42: 0%, 43: 0%, 44: 0%, 45: 0%, 46: 0%, 47: 0%, 48: 0%, 49: 0%, 50: 0%, 51: 0%, 52: 0%, 53: 0%, 54: 0%, 55: 0%, 56: 0%, 57: 0%, 58: 0%, 59: 0%, 60: 0%, 61: 0%, 62: 0%, 63: 0%, 64: 0%, 65: 0%, 66: 0%, 67: 0%, 68: 0%, 69: 0%, 70: 0%, 71: 0%, 72: 0%, 73: 0%, 74: 0%, 75: 0%, 76: 0%, 77: 0%, 78: 0%, 79: 0%, 80: 0%, 81: 0%, 82: 0%, 83: 0%, 84: 0%, 85: 0%, 86: 0%, 87: 0%, 88: 0%, 89: 0%, 90: 0%, 91: 0%, 92: 0%, 93: 0%, 94: 0%, 95: 0%, 96: 0%, 97: 0%, 98: 0%, 99: 0%, 100: 0%, 101: 0% (total 100.44%)
Summary Statistics: On original range 0 - 100 On range 0-10
Mean:: 8.06 7.84
SD:: 1.61 1.79