Wolbring et al. (2013): study DE Bayern 2010
Publication
- Author(s):
- Wolbring, T.; Keuschnigg, M.; Negele, E.
- Title:
- Needs, Comparisons, and Adaptation: The Importance of Relative Income for Life Satisfaction.
- Source:
- European Sociological Review, 2013, Vol. 29, 86 - 104
Investigation
- Public
- 18+ aged general public, Munich, Germany, 2010
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Probability multi-stage cluster sample
- Respondents
- N = 662
- Non Response
- 78%
- Assessment
- Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
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:
- 91
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 6.83 6.83
- SD:
- 2.27 2.27