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Studies

Rehdanz & Maddison (2009): study XZ Germany West 1994

Publication

Author(s):
Rehdanz, K.; Maddison, D.
Title:
Local Environmental Quality and Life-Satisfaction in Germany.
Source:
Ecological Economics, Vol. 64, 787 - 797

Investigation

Public
Adults, general public, West-Germany, 1994-2004
Sample
Probability stratified sample
Respondents
N = 23014
Non Response
na
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
Page in publication:
787
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.56%,   2: 0.44%,   3: 1.45%,   4: 3.42%,   5: 4.3%,   6: 13.31%,   7: 12.37%,   8: 22.67%,   9: 28.61%,   10: 8.68%,   11: 4.19%   (total 100%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.79 6.79
SD:
1.83 1.83

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Perceived impact of air pollution