GESIS (2007): study DE East Germany 1996
Publication
- Author(s):
- GESIS,
- Title:
- Lebenszufriedenheit. Ein Auszug aus dem Datenbestand des GESIS-Archivs. (Life Satisfaction. Abstract from the GESIS Database).
- Source:
- Selection of Surveys studies on Happiness in Germany made on Request, November 2007
Investigation
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, East-Germany, Germany, 1996
- Survey name
- DE-Leben in der DDR
- Sample
- Non-probability chunk sample
- Respondents
- N = 1518
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question
Now taking everything into account, how satisfied or dissatisfied are you with your life these days?
5 very satisfied
4 satisfied
3 neither satisfied nor dissatisfied
2 dissatisfied
1 very dissatisfied
- don't know
- no answers
Numerical scale reversed - Classification:
- O-SLW-c-sq-v-5-na
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 2.1%, 2: 8.3%, 3: 33.2%, 4: 50.3%, 5: 6.1% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.50 6.78
- SD:
- 0.81 2.17