Ehrhardt et al. (2000): study XZ Germany West 1984
Publication
- Author(s):
- Ehrhardt, J.; Saris, W.E.; Veenhoven, R.
- Title:
- Stability of Life-Satisfaction over Time. Analysis of Change in Ranks in National Population.
- Source:
- Journal of Happiness Studies, 2000, Vol. 1, 177 - 205
Investigation
- Public
- 18+ aged general public West-Germany, followed 10 years, 1984-1994
- Survey name
- DE-SOEP
- Sample
- Probability multistage stratified area sample
- Respondents
- N = 5483
- 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:
- interval T1-T2 Mean = 7.54 SD = 2.06
interval T2-T3 Mean = 7.33 SD = 2.01
interval T3-T4 Mean = 7.33 SD = 1.90
interval T4-T5 Mean = 7.18 SD = 1.89
interval T5-T6 Mean = 7.11 SD = 1.89
interval T6-T7 Mean = 7.10 SD = 1.90
T7 Mean = 7.24 SD = 1.79 - Page in publication:
- 5
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 7.26 7.26
- SD:
- - -