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Studies

UK Omnibus Survey (2011): study GB 1999

Publication

Author(s):
UK Omnibus Survey,
Title:
National Statistics Omnibus Survey
Source:
Office for National Statistics, UK

Investigation

Public
16+ aged, general public, United Kingdom, 1999
Survey name
Omnibus Survey
Sample
Probability simple random sample
Respondents
N = 2000
Non Response
23
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Thinking about the good and bad things in your life, which of the answers best describes your life-as-a-whole?
1  as bad as can be
2  very bad
3  bad
4  alright
5  good
6  very good
7  as good as can be
Classification:
O-GBB-u-sq-v-7-a
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0%,   2: 0%,   3: 2%,   4: 18%,   5: 31%,   6: 31%,   7: 18%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
Mean:
5.45 -
SD:
1.04 -