Study Headey (2008): study DE 1990
- Public:
- 16+ aged, general public, Germany, 1990-2004
- Sample:
- Respondents:
- N = 3553
- Non Response:
- Assessment:
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's label
- Earlier average priority for life-goals
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Selfreport on questions on perceived importance of goals:
a: being able to buy things
b: fulfilling your potential
c: success in job
d: having children
e: having a good marriage
f: being involved in social and political activities
g: helping other people
Rated: 1 'very umimportant' to 4 'very important
Grouped on the basis of factor analysis
A: zero-sum goals: succes (a+b+c)
B: non-zero-sum goals; family life (d+e)
C: non-zoro-sum goals altruism (f+g)
Observed Relation with Happiness
Beta's controlled for
-average priority for alternative life-goals
-gender
-age
-extraversion
-neuroticism
-internal locus of control
-life satisfaction at T1 (1990)
-partner in 2004
-years of education
-disposable income
-health disability