Headey & Krause (1988): study XZ Germany West 1984
Publication
- Author(s):
- Headey, B.; Krause, P.
- Title:
- A Health and Wealth Model of Change in Life Satisfaction.
- Source:
- Arbeitspapier 260, Sonderforschungsbereich 3, University of Mannheim, 1988, Germany
Investigation
- Public
- 16+ aged, general public, West Germany, 1984-1985
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 2718
- Non Response
- Attrition sample A: 8%, sample B: 15%
- Assessment
- 
        Interview: face-to-face                    
 Structured interview
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
- 
            Self report on single question:
 
 All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as-a-whole these days?
 1 dissatisfied
 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
 7
 8
 9
 10 satisfied
- Classification:
- O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a
- Author's label:
- Change in life-satisfaction
- Error estimates:
- The correlation between the two measures was 0.78.