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Studies

Abolhassani & Alessie (2013): study DE 1994

Publication

Author(s):
Abolhassani, M.; Alessie, R.
Title:
Subjective Well-Being Around Retirement
Source:
De Economist, 2013, Vol. 161, 349-366

Investigation

Public
50-70 aged, followed 15 years, Germany, 1994-2009
Survey name
DE-SOEP combined waves
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 10275
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
T1:1994 T2:1999 T3:2004 T4:2009

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report 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
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d
Author's label:
life satisfaction
Remarks:
M=6.9; SD=1.77
Page in publication:
352

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding employment status