Table 9 Distribution of subjective well-being responses before and after transformation of the variables
From: Differences in migrants’ reason for migration and subjective well-being: not so different after all
Happiness | Anxiety | Life satisfaction | Worthwhile | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Full scale | ||||
0 (not at all) | 9536 | 19,275 | 6,188 | 4,302 |
1 | 7189 | 19,135 | 3,183 | 2,132 |
2 | 16,533 | 46,989 | 7,747 | 5,668 |
3 | 21,257 | 52,869 | 12,070 | 8,905 |
4 | 31,161 | 52,815 | 19,654 | 14,294 |
5 | 74,561 | 91,925 | 66,531 | 50,686 |
6 | 76,415 | 58,728 | 68,335 | 60,476 |
7 | 148,305 | 83,279 | 173,68 | 159,623 |
8 | 217,961 | 122,620 | 291,664 | 284,991 |
9 | 143,573 | 82,608 | 125,276 | 149,861 |
10 (completely) | 137,226 | 253,474 | 109,384 | 142,779 |
High level of well-being | ||||
0 (lower 75% of sample distribution) | 602,918 | 630,243 | 649,057 | 740,938 |
1 (higher 25% of sample distribution) | 280,799 | 253,474 | 234,660 | 142,779 |
N | 883,717 | 883,717 | 883,717 | 883,717 |