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Studies

Cuesta & Budria (2011): study DE 2000

Publication

Author(s):
Cuesta, M.B.; Budria, S.
Title:
Deprivation and Subjective Well-being: Evidence from Panel Data.
Source:
EA Working Papers, 2011, No.8, UA Madrid, Spain

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, heads of households, Germany, 2000-2008
Survey name
DE-SOEP
Sample
Probability multi-stage cluster sample
Respondents
N = 11000
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:
Life satisfaction
Remarks:
Full distribution not reported
Page in publication:
9
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.10 7.10
SD:
1.70 1.70

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Ln (household income)