Luechinger (2007): study DE 1985
Publication
- Author(s):
- Luechinger, S.
- Title:
- Valuing Air Quality Using the Life Satisfaction Approach.
- Source:
- Paper, International Conference, Policies for Happiness, 2007, Siena, Italy.
Investigation
- Public
- 20+ aged, general public, Germany, followed 19 years, 1985-2003
- Survey name
- DE-SOEP
- Sample
- Probability multistage stratified area sample
- Respondents
- N = 33864
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI)
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
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 7.07 7.07
- SD:
- 1.75 1.75