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Göbel et al. (2011): study DE West Germany 2009

Publication

Author(s):
Göbel, J.; Habich, R.; Krause, P.
Title:
Subjektives Wohlbefinden und Wertorientierungen. (Subjective Well-Being and Value Orientation).
Source:
Statistisches Bundesamt & WZB: ''Datenreport 2011, Band II, 2011, Bonn, Germany, 377 - 384

Investigation

Public
16+ aged, general public, West-Germany, Germany, 2009
Survey name
DE-SOEP 2009
Sample
Probability stratified sample
Respondents
N = 0
Non Response
0
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
Page in publication:
table 1
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.90 6.90
SD:
- -