Headey et al. (1995): study DE East Germany 1990
Publication
- Author(s):
- Headey, B.; Andorka, R.; Krause, P.
- Title:
- Political Legitimicy versus Economic Imperatives in System Transformation: Hungary and East Germany 1990 - 93.
- Source:
- Social Indicators Research, 1995, Vol. 36, 247 - 273
Investigation
- Public
- 16+ aged, general public, East Germany, 1990-1992
- Sample
- Probability simple random sample
- Respondents
- N = 4453
- Non Response
- ± 30%
- 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:
- Satisfaction with Life-as-a-whole
- Remarks:
- 1990: M = 6.6, SD = 1.4
1991: M = 6.0, SD = 2.0
1992: M = 6.1, SD = 1.8 - Page in publication:
- 267
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 6.23 1.73
- SD:
- - -
Correlational Findings
ERA (temporal period)