Luechinger et al. (2008): study XZ Germany West 1984
Publication
- Author(s):
- Luechinger, S.; Meier, G.; Stutzer, A.
- Title:
- Why does Unemployment Hurt the Unemployed? Evidence from the Life Satisfaction Gap between the Public and Privat Sector.
- Source:
- WWZ Working Paper 03/008, Center of Business and Economics (WWZ), 2008, University of Basel, Switzerland
Investigation
- Public
- Employees, private and public sector. West-Germany, 1984-2004.
- Sample
- Probability stratified sample
- Respondents
- N = 20764
- 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
- Author's label:
- life-satisfaction
- Remarks:
- Analysis based on 3-step reduced scale: 1.low scores (0, 1, 2, or 3) 1,2% ;
2. middle scores (8, 9 or 10) 52,4%; 3. high scores (10) 6,5%. - Page in publication:
- 10
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 7.30 7.30
- SD:
- 1.65 -