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Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2012

Variable Details

Variableruhappy
LabelS24 Considering life in general these days would you say you are on the whole...
Question text If you were to consider your life in general these days, how happy or unhappy would you say you are, on the whole... very happy, fairly happy, not very happy, not at all happy, can't choose?
Responses
1 Very happy 404
2 Fairly happy 656
3 Not very happy 95
4 Not at all happy 12
8 Can't choose 28
-1 Skip, no self comp/not answered 9
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationNorthern Ireland Life and Times Survey, 2012
UniverseNorthern Irish adults;National;Adults aged 18 or over, living in private households in Northern Ireland during 2012.
SamplingOne-stage stratified or systematic random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; NILT has run from 2008 onwards, with a break in 2011. The survey resumed in 2012.
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