Inglehart et al. (2008): study DE West Germany 2006
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, West-Germany, Germany, 2006
- Survey name
- INT-WorldValuesSurvey 5
- Sample
- Probability multistage stratified area sample
- Respondents
- N = 1076
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
Taking all things together, would you say you are.....?
4 very happy
3 quite happy
2 not very happy
1 not at all happy. - Classification:
- O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0.9%, 2: 10.8%, 3: 62.5%, 4: 21.1% (total 95.3%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.09 7.21
- SD:
- 0.60 1.65
- 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
- Remarks:
- 979alid cases: 979
- Page in publication:
- v22
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0.3%, 2: 0.2%, 3: 1.5%, 4: 4.1%, 5: 8.2%, 6: 10.8%, 7: 19.9%, 8: 28.6%, 9: 17.5%, 10: 7.9% (total 99%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 7.39 7.10
- SD:
- 1.67 1.85