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Glatzer (2007): study DE 2005

Publication

Author(s):
Glatzer, W.
Title:
Personal communication, August 2007
Source:

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, Germany, 2005
Survey name
DE-ESZ 2005
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 5025
Non Response
50
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

I mention several domains of life. Please tell me how satisfied or dissatisfied you are with each of these all in all. …..How satisfied are you with your life as a whole?
0  completely dissatisfied
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 completely satisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-u-sq-n-11-g
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.3%,   2: 0.1%,   3: 0.5%,   4: 0.9%,   5: 1.2%,   6: 6.4%,   7: 5.6%,   8: 15.3%,   9: 32.9%,   10: 18%,   11: 18.5%   (total 99.7%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.94 7.94
SD:
1.65 1.65