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

Past life-satisfaction at T1

Our Classification

Remarks

Assessed at T1: 1990, T2: 1995, T3: 2004 5-6% of respondents went up 1,5 standard deviation or more between T1 and T3; 10-12% went down 1,5 standard deviation or more.

Operationalization

Selfreport 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

Observed Relation with Happiness