Akay & Martinsson (2012): study DE 1984
Publication
- Author(s):
- Akay, A.; Martinsson, P.
- Title:
- Positional Concerns through the Life Cycle: Evidence from subjective Well-being Data and Survey Experiments.
- Source:
- IZA Discussion Paper no. 6342, 2012, Bonn, Germany
Investigation
- Public
- 20-79 aged general public, Germany, 1984-2009
- Survey name
- DE-SOEP 1984-2009
- Sample
- Selection from general population sample
- Respondents
- N = 150000
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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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