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Studies

Inglehart et al. (2008): study DE East Germany 2005

Publication

Author(s):
Inglehart, R.; Foa, R.; Peterson, C.
Title:
Development, Freedom, and Rising Happiness.
Source:
Perspectives on Psychological Science, 2008, Vol. 3, 264 - 285

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public,East-Germany, Germany, 2005
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurvey 5
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 1069
Non Response
0
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

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
Page in publication:
v22
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 1.1%,   2: 1.8%,   3: 4.8%,   4: 4.6%,   5: 13.7%,   6: 8.6%,   7: 17.6%,   8: 27.3%,   9: 13.9%,   10: 5.9%   (total 99.3%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.88 6.53
SD:
2.01 2.23