Noll & Zapf (1991): study DE West Germany 1990

Publication

Author(s):

Noll, H.H.; Zapf, W.

Title:

Wohlfahrtssurvey 'Ost' 1990, Machinenlesbares Codebuch (Welfare survey 'East' 1990, code book)

Source:

Zentral Archiv fur Empirische Sozialforschung

Investigation

Public

18+ aged, general public, West-Germany region, Germany, 1990

Survey name

INT-WorldValuesSurvey 2

Sample

Probability multistage stratified area sample

Respondents

N = 2102

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:

Self report on 10 questions:

During the past few weeks, did you ever feel ....?  (yes/no)
A   Particularly excited or interested in something?
B   So restless that you couldn't sit long in a chair?
C   Proud because someone complimented you on something  
     you had done?
D   Very lonely or remote from other people?
E   Pleased about having accomplished something?
F   Bored?
G   On top of the world?
H   Depressed or very unhappy?
I    That things were going your way?
J    Upset because someone criticized you?

Answer options and scoring:
yes = 1
no  = 0
Summation:
-Positive Affect Score (PAS): A+C+E+G+I
-Negative Affect Score (NAS): B+D+F+H+J
-Affect Balance Score (ABS): PAS minus NAS
Possible range: -5 to +5

Name: Bradburn's 'Affect Balance Scale' (standard version)

Classification:

A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a

Observed distribution

Summary Statistics

On original range -5 - 5 On range 0-10

Mean:

1.47 6.47

SD:

2.19 2.19