Pohl (2006): study DE 1984
Publication
- Author(s):
- Pohl, C.
- Title:
- Employment Status, Income and the Subjective Well-Being of Immigrants.
- Source:
- Princeton University, Working Paper, 2006, No. 71087
Investigation
- Public
- 25-65 aged immigrants, Germany, followed yearly 1984-2005
- Survey name
- DE-SOEP combined waves
- Sample
- Probability multi-stage cluster sample
- Respondents
- N = 15790
- 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
- Remarks:
- For 2005: M: 6,63; SD: 1,93
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 7.33 -
- SD:
- 2.24 -