| Selfreport on single question; What do you think, how satisfied are you at this moment- all in all - with your life ?' 'If for instance you are totally satisfied with your life, please mark a '10'.If you are totally unsatisfied with your life, mark a '0'.If you are not completely unsatisfied nor totally satisfied range yourself somewhere between '1' and '9" 10 completely satisfied 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 completely dissatisfied | |
| Classification | |
| Focus, O-SLW | Overall: Satisfaction w Life as a Whole |
| Time frame, c | currently (today, these days, presently) |
| Mode, sq | 1 question |
| Scale type, n | numeric scale Range = 11 |
| Used in studies | |
| Reference | Gagliardi et al. (2010): study ZZ Western Europe 2000 |
| Title | Associations of Personal and Mobility Resources with Subjective Well-being Among Older Adults in Italy and Germany. |
| Public | 55+ aged, Germany and Italy, 2000 |
| Findings | distributional: yes, correlational: yes |
| Reference | Glatzer & Volkert (1980): study XZ Germany West 1978 |
| Title | Lebensbedingungen und Lebensqualität alter Menschen. (Living Conditions and the Quality of Life of the Elderly). |
| Public | 18+ aged, general public, West-Germany, 1978 |
| Findings | distributional: yes, correlational: yes |
| Reference | Glatzer (1984): study XZ Germany West 1978 |
| Title | Determinanten der Zufriedenheit.(Determinants of Satisfaction.) |
| Public | 18+ aged, general public, West-Germany, 1978-1988 |
| Findings | distributional: yes, correlational: yes |
| Reference | Goff et al. (2016): study ZZ Europe 2006 |
| Title | The Welfare Costs of WellBeing Inequality. |
| Public | 18+ aged, general public, 36 nations, 2006-2015 |
| Findings | distributional: yes, correlational: yes |
| Reference | Mollenkopf & Kaspar (2005): study DE 2000 |
| Title | Ageing in Rural Areas of East and West Germany: Increasing Similarities and Remaining Differences. |
| Public | 55+ aged, general public, rural areas, East and West Germany, 2000 |
| Findings | distributional: yes, correlational: yes |
| Reference | Mollenkopf (2002): study DE 1995 |
| Title | Mobilität und Lebensqualität im Alter. Objektive Voraussetzungen und subjektive Bedeutung in der mobilen Gesellschaft. (Mobility and Quality of Life in Old Age). |
| Public | 55+ aged, East and West Germany, 1995 and 1999 |
| Findings | distributional: no, correlational: yes |
| Reference | Weick (1994b): study DE 1993 /1 |
| Title | Gesundheit. (Health). |
| Public | 18+ aged, general public, Germany, 1993 |
| Findings | distributional: yes, correlational: yes |
| Reference | ~GESIS (2007): study DE 2002 |
| Title | Lebenszufriedenheit. Ein Auszug aus dem Datenbestand des GESIS-Archivs. (Life Satisfaction. Abstract from the GESIS Database). |
| Public | 18+ aged, general public, Germany, 2002 |
| Findings | distributional: yes, correlational: no |