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Studies

D'Ambrosio & Frick (2004): study DE 1990

Publication

Author(s):
D'Ambrosio, C.; Frick, J.R.
Title:
Subjective Well-Being and Relative Deprivation: An Empirical Link.
Source:
Discussion Paper IZA DP No. 1351, 2004, Berlin, Germany

Investigation

Public
16+ aged, general public, Germany, 1990
Survey name
DE-SOEP 1990
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 4433
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
Page in publication:
table 1
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.13 7.13
SD:
- -