Feller et al. (2013): study DE 1994
Publication
- Author(s):
- Feller, S.; Kaaks, R.; Teucher, B.
- Title:
- Life Satisfaction and Risk of Chronic Diseases in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition {EPIC)-Germany.
- Source:
- PLoS ONE 8(8): e73462
Investigation
- Public
- 35-65 aged, general population, Germany, followed 4 years1994-2008
- Survey name
- EU-EPIC (Europ. Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition) 1994-1998
- Sample
- Probability multistage stratified area sample
- Respondents
- N = 48976
- Non Response
- Assessment
-
Interview: face-to-face
Baseline instruments to collect several aspects on diet and life-style included self-administered questionnaires, PC-guided interviews and physical examinations
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Please tell me how satisfied you are with your life overall. Would you say that you are..
4 very satisfied
3 mostly satisfied
2 mostly dissatisfied
1 very dissatisfied
- don't know - Classification:
- O-SLW-g-sq-v-4-b
- Author's label:
- Happiness
- Remarks:
- Mean computed by WDH-team.
In the analysis rather and very unsatisfied respondents were merged to unsatisfied, since only 1.4% of the respondents reported to be 'very unsatisfied'. 'Don't know' and 'Not specified' answers were treated as missing and deleted from the analysis (n=47, 0.1%) - Page in publication:
- 2
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 1.4%, 2: 8.6%, 3: 58.6%, 4: 31.4% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.20 7.33
- SD:
- 0.64 2.15