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Weller (1998): study DE West Germany 1990

Publication

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

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, West-Germany, Germany, 1990
Survey name
DE-WohlfahrtsSurvey 4
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 2144
Non Response
37,9
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Do you feel your life at present is.....?
4  very happy
3  quite happy
2  quite unhappy
1  very unhappy
Classification:
O-HL-c-sq-v-4-a
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.7%,   2: 6%,   3: 70.8%,   4: 22.3%   (total 99.8%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.15 7.25
SD:
0.54 1.90