Satisfaction with life overall compared to last time
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Question asked in the latest wave:
scasatisfaction_ip16.sclfsatocp
Question label:
Satisfaction with life overall compared to last time
Question text:
When we last interviewed you on interview date, you rated how satisfied you were with your life overall. Compared to how satisfied you were with your life overall back then, how would you rate your satisfaction with your life overall these days?
Question universe:
if [(GRIDVARIABLES.ModeType = 1 & CASISTART.scac = 1 thru 4) | (GRIDVARIABLES.ModeType = 2 | 3] // Mode is face-to-face and translator not needed OR Mode is telephone or web
And if [ff_ivlolw = 1 | ff_everint = 1] // If interviewed at prior wave or has been interviewed previously
Further details:
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| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 6 | 0.21% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 166 | 5.83% |
| proxy | -7 | 22 | 0.77% |
| refusal | -2 | 3 | 0.11% |
| don't know | -1 | 10 | 0.35% |
| Much lower | 1 | 105 | 3.69% |
| Slightly lower | 2 | 446 | 15.67% |
| About the same | 3 | 1498 | 52.62% |
| Slightly higher | 4 | 475 | 16.68% |
| Much higher | 5 | 116 | 4.07% |
| Total | 2847 | 100.0% |
| Mean | Number Missing | Min | Max | Std Dev | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.02 | 207 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 0.83 | 2640 |



