Life satisfaction 2008 
Life satisfaction by country and age 2008 
Life satisfaction by country and education 2008 
Definitions/comments
Question wording: “Taking into consideration all aspects of your life, how happy are you?” Answer categories: values 9 and 10 on a scale of 0 “extremely unhappy” to 10 “extremely happy”.
Educational level: low: ISCED 0-2 (compulsory schooling, pre-vocational education); intermediate: ISCED 3-4 (apprenticeship, matura); high: ISCED 5-6 (higher vocational training, university, other tertiary).
Sample size: ESS 2008: 1819-2751; weighted data.
Source: ESS 2008.
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