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Studies

Erlinghagen et al. (2009): study DE 2002

Publication

Author(s):
Erlinghagen, M.; Stegman, M.; Wagner, G.G.
Title:
Deutschland ein Auswanderungsland?
Source:
DIW Wochenbericht, 2009, Vol. 76, 663 - 669

Investigation

Public
Emigrants out of Germany 1984-2005
Survey name
DE-SOEP
Sample
Non-probability purposive sample
Respondents
N = 1242
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
Author's label:
well-being
Page in publication:
666

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Emigration Re-migration
Later migration