Mollenkopf & Kaspar (2005): study DE 2000
Publication
- Author(s):
- Mollenkopf, H.; Kaspar, R.
- Title:
- Ageing in Rural Areas of East and West Germany: Increasing Similarities and Remaining Differences.
- Source:
- European Journal of Aging, 2005, Vol. 2, 120 - 130
Investigation
- Public
- 55+ aged, general public, rural areas, East and West Germany, 2000
- Survey name
- INT-MOBILATE
- Sample
- Probability stratified sample
- Respondents
- N = 762
- Non Response
- 41,6%
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on 20 questions.
This scale consists of a number of words that describe different feelings and emotions. Read each item and mark the appropriate answer in the space next to that word. Indicate to what extend you felt this way during the past year?
A nervous
B distressed
C afraid
D jittery
E irritable
F upset
G scared
H ashamed
I guilty
J hostile
K excited
L active
M determined
N inspired
O enthusiastic
P alert
Q attentive
R proud
S strong
T interested
Answer options:
1 very slightly or not at all
2 a little
3 moderately
4 quite a bit
5 extremely
Negative affect score (NAS): A to J
Positive affect score (PAS): K to T
Affect Balance Score (ABS): PAS - NAS
Name: Watson et al's PANAS ('past year' version) - Classification:
- A-BW-cy-mq-v-5-f
- Author's label:
- Emotional well-being
- Remarks:
- Affect Balance computed by us, substracting Negative Affect Score from Positive Affect Score
- Page in publication:
- 122, 124
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range -40 - 40 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 1.05 -
- SD:
- 0.25 -
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question;
What do you think, how satisfied are you at this moment- all in all - with your life ?' 'If for instance you are totally satisfied with your life, please mark a '10'.If you are totally unsatisfied with your life, mark a '0'.If you are not completely unsatisfied nor totally satisfied range yourself somewhere between '1' and '9"
10 completely satisfied
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0 completely dissatisfied - Classification:
- O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-ba
- Author's label:
- Satisfaction with life in general
- Remarks:
- 11-point Likert scale also used in the German Welfare Survey and by the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)
- Page in publication:
- 122
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 7.35 7.35
- SD:
- 2.10 2.10