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Studies

ISSP (2003): study LV 2003

Publication

Author(s):
ISSP,
Title:
International Social Survey Programme (ISSP): Website
Source:
International Social Survey Programme

Investigation

Public
Adults, age range not reported, general public, Latvia, 2003
Survey name
INT-ISSP 2002
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 1000
Non Response
39,2
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

If you were to consider your life in general, how happy or unhappy would you say you are, on the whole?
7  completely happy
6  very happy
5  fairly happy
4  neither happy nor unhappy
3  fairly unhappy
2  very unhappy
1  completely unhappy
-   can't choose
-   no answer
Classification:
O-HL-g-sq-v-7-a
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.1%,   2: 0.5%,   3: 5.2%,   4: 27%,   5: 48.1%,   6: 9.7%,   7: 7.5%   (total 98.1%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 7 On range 0-10
Mean:
4.85 6.45
SD:
0.97 1.71