| Publication | |
| Author(s) | EPA/SPB, |
| Title | Life style preference survey |
| Source | Social Policy Bureau, Economic Planning Agency, Government Japan |
| URL | http://www5.cao.go.jp/seikatsu/senkoudo/senkoudo.html |
| Investigation | |
| Public | 20+ aged, general public, Japan, 2006 |
| Collect period | 10 |
| Survey name | JP-Life in Nation 2005 |
| Sample | Probability multi-stage random |
| Respondents N = | 6000 |
| Non Response | 0 |
| Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
| Happiness measure(s) used | |
| Full text | Selfreport on single question: Overall, to what degree are you satisfied with your life these days? 4 satisfied 3 fairly satisfied 2 somewhat dissatisfied 1 dissatisfied - none of these - don't know In the Japanese version, answer option 'none of these' was presented in third position and may have been interpreted as 'neutral' by some respondents. |
| Classification | O-SLW-c-sq-v-4-e |
| DKNA % | 1.0 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 1 - 4 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 2.69 | 5.96 |
| Standard deviation | 0.74 | 1.64 |
| Scores in | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| % | 7.4 | 25.1 | 57.1 | 9.4 |