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European Social Survey (ESS) (2014a): study GB 2014

Publication

Author(s):
European Social Survey (ESS),
Title:
European Social Survey Round 7
Source:
Home page European Social Survey

Investigation

Public
15+ aged, general public, United Kingdom, 2014
Survey name
EU-ESS 7 : 2014
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 2264
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking all things together, how happy would you say you are?
0  extremely unhappy
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 extremely happy
-    don't know
-    no answer
Classification:
O-HL-u-sq-n-11-a
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.7%,   2: 0.4%,   3: 1.2%,   4: 2.5%,   5: 2.1%,   6: 6.3%,   7: 7.4%,   8: 17.6%,   9: 28.3%,   10: 19.4%,   11: 13.8%   (total 99.7%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.59 7.59
SD:
1.91 1.91
Full text:
Self report on single question:

All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole nowadays?
0  extremely dissatisfied
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 extremely satisfied
-    don't know
-   no answer
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-cd
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 1%,   2: 0.6%,   3: 1.6%,   4: 2.9%,   5: 3.7%,   6: 8.9%,   7: 7.8%,   8: 19%,   9: 26.3%,   10: 16.5%,   11: 11.6%   (total 99.9%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.27 7.27
SD:
2.06 2.06