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World Values Survey (2000): study DE East Germany 1990

Publication

Author(s):
World Values Survey,
Title:
Aggregated data file waves 1+2+3
Source:
www.worldvaluessurvey.org

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, East-Germany, Germany, 1990
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurvey 2
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 1336
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking all things together, would you say you are.....?
4  very happy
3  quite happy
2  not very happy
1  not at all happy.
Classification:
O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a
Page in publication:
v10
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 1%,   2: 14.4%,   3: 65.3%,   4: 12.8%   (total 93.5%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.96 6.88
SD:
0.58 1.67
Full text:
Self report on single question:

All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as-a-whole these days?
1   dissatisfied
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10  satisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a
Page in publication:
v65
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 1.3%,   2: 1.3%,   3: 4.3%,   4: 5.2%,   5: 14.7%,   6: 13.5%,   7: 19%,   8: 25.1%,   9: 7.3%,   10: 7.6%   (total 99.3%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.72 6.36
SD:
1.96 2.18