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Mainstage Variable

lfsato

Satisfaction with: life overall

Datafile

indresp

Index term

Health: Subjective Wellbeing

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	771	5.35%
proxy	-7	231	1.6%
Not satisfied at all	1	158	1.1%
	2	257	1.78%
	3	762	5.28%
Not satis/dissat	4	1759	12.2%
	5	4202	29.14%
	6	4592	31.85%
Completely satisfied	7	1687	11.7%
	Total	14419	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	503	3.38%
proxy	-7	265	1.78%
Not satisfied at all	1	187	1.26%
	2	283	1.9%
	3	826	5.55%
Not satis/dissat	4	1888	12.69%
	5	4147	27.88%
	6	4922	33.09%
Completely satisfied	7	1852	12.45%
	Total	14873	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	657	4.27%
proxy	-7	300	1.95%
Not satisfied at all	1	159	1.03%
	2	302	1.96%
	3	935	6.07%
Not satis/dissat	4	1971	12.81%
	5	4352	28.27%
	6	4820	31.31%
Completely satisfied	7	1896	12.32%
	Total	15392	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	520	3.33%
proxy	-7	310	1.99%
refusal	-2	4	0.03%
Not satisfied at all	1	236	1.51%
	2	339	2.17%
	3	928	5.94%
Not satis/dissat	4	2152	13.78%
	5	4498	28.8%
	6	4703	30.11%
Completely satisfied	7	1927	12.34%
	Total	15617	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	487	3.08%
proxy	-7	1014	6.42%
refusal	-2	2	0.01%
Not satisfied at all	1	184	1.17%
	2	332	2.1%
	3	888	5.62%
Not satis/dissat	4	1917	12.14%
	5	4184	26.5%
	6	4754	30.11%
Completely satisfied	7	2029	12.85%
	Total	15791	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	447	2.75%
proxy	-7	891	5.49%
refusal	-2	4	0.02%
Not satisfied at all	1	246	1.51%
	2	302	1.86%
	3	822	5.06%
Not satis/dissat	4	1963	12.09%
	5	4220	25.99%
	6	5086	31.32%
Completely satisfied	7	2257	13.9%
	Total	16238	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	546	3.29%
proxy	-7	889	5.36%
refusal	-2	3	0.02%
Not satisfied at all	1	240	1.45%
	2	309	1.86%
	3	896	5.4%
Not satis/dissat	4	2065	12.44%
	5	4405	26.54%
	6	4902	29.54%
Completely satisfied	7	2342	14.11%
	Total	16597	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	400	2.56%
proxy	-7	522	3.35%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
Not satisfied at all	1	231	1.48%
	2	341	2.19%
	3	938	6.01%
	4	2285	14.64%
	5	4356	27.92%
	6	4426	28.37%
Completely satisfied	7	2103	13.48%
	Total	15603	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	416	2.66%
proxy	-7	435	2.78%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
Not satisfied at all	1	270	1.73%
	2	374	2.39%
	3	918	5.88%
	4	2179	13.95%
	5	4002	25.62%
	6	4710	30.15%
Completely satisfied	7	2318	14.84%
	Total	15623	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	184	1.69%
proxy	-7	358	3.28%
Not satisfied at all	1	137	1.26%
	2	189	1.73%
	3	563	5.16%
	4	1305	11.97%
	5	3102	28.44%
	6	3403	31.2%
Completely satisfied	7	1665	15.27%
	Total	10906	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	239	2.14%
proxy	-7	365	3.26%
refusal	-2	1	0.01%
Not satisfied at all	1	190	1.7%
	2	254	2.27%
	3	642	5.74%
	4	1496	13.37%
	5	2954	26.39%
	6	3344	29.88%
Completely satisfied	7	1708	15.26%
	Total	11193	100.0%

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
missing	-9	105	1.11%
proxy	-7	301	3.19%
Not satisfied at all	1	143	1.52%
	2	217	2.3%
	3	527	5.58%
	4	1315	13.93%
	5	2540	26.91%
	6	2821	29.89%
Completely satisfied	7	1469	15.56%
	Total	9438	100.0%

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