Saris et al. (1996): study NO 1990
Publication
- Author(s):
- Saris, W.E.; Bunting, B.; Scherpenzeel, A.C.; Veenhoven, R.
- Title:
- A Comparative Study of Satisfaction with Life in Europe.
- Source:
- Eötvös University Press, 1996, Budapest, Hungary
Investigation
- Public
- 16+ aged, general public, Norway, 1990
- Survey name
- INT-IRMCS
- Sample
- Non-probability accidental sample
- Respondents
- N = 986
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
How satisfied are you with your life in general?
5 completely satisfied
4 satisfied
3 unsatisfied nor satisfied
2 unsatisfied
1 completely unsatisfied - Classification:
- O-SLu-g-sq-v-5-c
- Remarks:
- Follow-up interviews by mail. Valid responses 955
- Page in publication:
- 135
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0%, 2: 2%, 3: 6%, 4: 44%, 5: 48% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 4.38 8.57
- SD:
- 0.69 1.27
- 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
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 completely satisfied - Classification:
- O-SLC-c-sq-n-11-a
- Page in publication:
- 135
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0.8%, 2: 0.3%, 3: 0.5%, 4: 0.5%, 5: 1.3%, 6: 9.2%, 7: 4.9%, 8: 11.5%, 9: 28.5%, 10: 12.9%, 11: 29.6% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 8.04 8.04
- SD:
- 1.90 1.90