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Weller (1998): study DE East Germany 1997

Publication

Author(s):
Weller, I.
Title:
Personal communication:, letter 10-6-98
Source:

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public,East-Germany, Germany, 1997
Survey name
DE-Sowibus
Sample
Probability sample (unspecified)
Respondents
N = 1078
Non Response
0
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
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.7%,   2: 0.7%,   3: 1.8%,   4: 3.2%,   5: 3.6%,   6: 11.2%,   7: 11.6%,   8: 18.2%,   9: 24.4%,   10: 14.3%,   11: 10.2%   (total 99.9%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.08 7.08
SD:
2.04 2.04