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European Social Survey (ESS) (2008): study DE 2008

Publication

Author(s):
European Social Survey (ESS),
Title:
European Social Survey Round 4
Source:
Homepage European Social Survey

Investigation

Public
15+ aged, general public, Germany, 2008
Survey name
EU-ESS 4: 2008
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 2751
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

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
Page in publication:
B24
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 1.5%,   2: 0.8%,   3: 2.3%,   4: 4.5%,   5: 4.5%,   6: 10.8%,   7: 7.6%,   8: 17.5%,   9: 27%,   10: 13.7%,   11: 9.5%   (total 99.7%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.95 6.95
SD:
2.22 2.22
Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking all things together, how happy would you say you are?
0  extremely unhappy
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 extremely happy
-    don't know
-    no answer
Classification:
O-HL-u-sq-n-11-a
Page in publication:
C1
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.26 7.26
SD:
1.93 1.93