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Studies

Headey (2008): study DE 1990

Publication

Author(s):
Headey, B.
Title:
Life Goals Matter to Happiness: A Revision of Set-Point Theory.
Source:
Social Indicators Research, 2008, Vol. 86, 213 - 231

Investigation

Public
16+ aged, general public, Germany, 1990-2004
Sample
Probability multi-stage cluster sample
Respondents
N = 3553
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

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Current priority for life-goals