Guven (2009): study DE 1984
Publication
- Author(s):
- Guven, C.
- Title:
- Are Happier People better Citizens?
- Source:
- School Working Papers, Economic Series, SWP 2009/4, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia (also SOEP paper no. 199, DIW, 2009, Berlin Germany)
Investigation
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, Germany, 1984
- Survey name
- DE-SOEP 1984
- Sample
- Probability simple random sample
- Respondents
- N = 15397
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Taking all things together, how satisfied are you with your life these days? Please answer with the help of this scale. For instance, when you are totally satisfied with your life, please tick '10'. When you are totally unsatisfied with your life, please tick '0'. You may use all values in between to indicate that you are neither totally satisfied nor totally unsatisfied."
10 totally satisfied
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0 totally unsatisfied - Classification:
- O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d
- Author's label:
- Self-reported happiness
- Remarks:
- Panel 1984: Mean 7.4 and SD 2.1; N = 11061
1993 7.1 1.8; 5817
2003 6.7 1.8; 3273
2005 6.7 1.9; 2911
Panal 1992 6.9 1.8; 12121
2003 6.6 1.8; 6447
2005 6.6 1.9; 5769 - Page in publication:
- 12
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 7.40 7.40
- SD:
- 2.10 2.10
Correlational Findings
Living with children
Full-time vs part-time
Hours work
Tenure (vs flex contracts)