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Studies

Boenigk & Mayr (2016): study DE 2009

Publication

Author(s):
Boenigk, S.; Mayr, M.L.
Title:
The Happiness of Giving: Evidence from the German Socio economic Panel That Happier People Are More Generous.
Source:
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2016, Vol.17, 1825 - 1846

Investigation

Public
Charity donors, Germany, 2009
Survey name
DE-SOEP
Sample
Selection from general population sample
Respondents
N = 6906
Non Response
Assessment
Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)

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:
Happiness
Page in publication:
1834
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.20 7.20
SD:
1.60 1.60

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Charitable giving