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Studies

Headey & Krause (1988): study XZ Germany West 1984

Publication

Author(s):
Headey, B.; Krause, P.
Title:
A Health and Wealth Model of Change in Life Satisfaction.
Source:
Arbeitspapier 260, Sonderforschungsbereich 3, University of Mannheim, 1988, Germany

Investigation

Public
16+ aged, general public, West Germany, 1984-1985
Sample
Respondents
N = 2718
Non Response
Attrition sample A: 8%, sample B: 15%
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

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
Author's label:
Change in life-satisfaction
Error estimates:
The correlation between the two measures was 0.78.

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Change in satisfaction with income Change in attitude to income Change in satisfaction with health Change in satisfaction with health Change in satisfaction Change in life-appraisals
Summed effect of change in personal conditions