Crost (2016): study DE 1992
Publication
- Author(s):
- Crost, B.
- Title:
- Can Workfare Programs Offset The Negative Effect of Unemployment on Subjective Well-Being?
- Source:
- Economics Letters, 2016, Vol. 140, 42 - 47
Investigation
- Public
- 18-65 aged, general public, Germany, followed 12 years 1992-2004
- Survey name
- DE-SOEP combined waves
- Sample
- Selection from general population sample
- Respondents
- N = 6442
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
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
- Remarks:
- Within individuals: s.d.= 1,18
- Page in publication:
- 43,44
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 6.84 6.84
- SD:
- 1.73 1.73