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Studies

Clark et al. (2015): study DE 1992

Publication

Author(s):
Clark, A.E.; ~Angus Reid, ; D'Ambrosio, C.; Ghislandi, S.
Title:
Poverty Profiles and Well-Being: Panel Evidence from Germany.
Source:
SOEP Papers, 2015, no. 739, 1 - 29

Investigation

Public
16+ aged general public, Germany, followed 14 years; 1992-2012
Survey name
DE-SOEP 1992-2012
Sample
Probability multi-stage cluster sample
Respondents
N = 368000
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
Page in publication:
10
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.97 6.97
SD:
1.79 1.79

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Poverty Earlier level of income
Household income
`objective` poverty