| Study | Weick (1994a): study DE 1993 |
| Title | Familie. (Family). |
| Source | Statistisches Bundesamt;Eds.: "Datenreport 1994", Bundeszentrale für politische Bilding, 1994, Germany, 508 - 520 |
| URL | HTTP://worlddatabaseofhappiness.eur.nl/hap_bib/freetexts/weick_s_1994A.pdf |
| Public | 18+ aged, general public, Germany, 1993 |
| Sample | Probability sample (unspecified) |
| Non-Response | ? |
| Respondents N = | 2000 |
| Correlate | |
| Author's label | Family and household forms |
| Page in Source | 513 |
| Our classification | Vs widowed, code M02ab01a |
| Operationalization | 1. Living alone a single b divorced c widowed 2. Living together a with partner, no children b with partner and children c with others (communal) d other family household |
| Observed Relation with Happiness | ||
| Happiness Measure | Statistics | Elaboration/Remarks |
| O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-f | DM= | Living alone West East a single 7,7 7,1* b divorced 7,0 4,6* c widowed 7,6 6,6 Living together a. with partner, no child 8,0 7,0 b. with partner and children 8,0 7,1 c. with others 8,0 6,9 a with partner, no children 7,9 6,4 b with partner and children - 6,9 c with others (communal) 8,0 - d other family houhold 8,0 6,9 * N<20 |
| Code | Full Text |
| O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-f | 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 very unsatisfied, please tick '0'. When you are partly satisfied, tick '5', and when you are very satisfied please tick '10'. 0 very unsatisfied 1 2 3 4 5 partly satisfied 6 7 8 9 10 very satisfied |
| Symbol | Explanation |
| DM | DIFFERENCE of MEANS Type: descriptive statistic only. Measurement level: Correlate: dichotomous, Happiness: metric Range: depending on the happiness rating scale of the author; range symmetric about zero. Meaning: the difference of the mean happiness, as measured on the author's rating scale, between the two correlate levels. |