Schulz et al. (1985): study AT 1984
Publication
- Author(s):
- Schulz, W.; Költringer, R.; Norden, G.; Tüchler, H.
- Title:
- Lebensqualität in Österreich. (Quality of Life in Austria).
- Source:
- Report Institut für Soziologie der Sozial- und Wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Wien, 1985, Vienna, Austria
Investigation
- Public
- 16+ aged, general public, Austria, 1984
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Probability multi-stage random
- Respondents
- N = 1776
- Non Response
- Assessment
-
Interview: face-to-face
Highly structured
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
Self report on 3 questions:
A When you consider your present life as-a-whole, would you say you are....?
5 very happy
4 fairly happy
3 rather happy than unhappy
2 rather unhappy than happy
1 very unhappy
- DK/NA
B When you consider your present life as-a-whole, would you say you are.....?
5 very satisfied
4 fairly satisfied
3 rather satisfied than dissatisfied
2 rather dissatisfied than satisfied
1 fairly dissatisfied
- DK/NA
C How do you feel right now? Is your well-being.....?
5 very high
4 high
3 moderate
2 rather low
1 very low
- DK/NA
Summation: The summed scores were divided in three strata: low, medium and high quality of life - Classification:
- M-AO-c-mq-v-5-a
- Author's label:
- Overall quality-of-life
- Error estimates:
- Reliability: Equivalence: Cronbachs Alpha=.79 Validity:
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 21%, 2: 0%, 3: 49%, 4: 0%, 5: 26% (total 96%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 1.05 5.20
- SD:
- 0.70 -
- Full text:
-
Self report on 4 questions:
A For the past five years, how much have you accomplished of what you planned in your life?
1 completely failed
2
3
4
5
6
7 completely accomplished
B How much are you satisfied with your life as a whole these days?
1 completely dissatisfied
2
3
4
5
6
7 completely satisfied
C How much do you enjoy your life these days?
3 a great deal
2 a fair amount
1 not very much
D How happy have you been for the past five years?
1 completely unhappy
2
3
4
5
6
7 completely happy
Summation: % positive answers
Response options A, D and C not reported in full detail - Classification:
- M-AO-c-mq-*-*-a
- Author's label:
- Glück (Happiness)
- Page in publication:
- 44
- Error estimates:
- Reliability: Equivalence: Cronbachs Alpha=.68 Validity:
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 0 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 1.03 5.20
- SD:
- 0.80 -
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
When you consider your life-as-a-whole now, would you say you are …?
5 very happy
4 fairly happy
3 rather happy
2 rather unhappy
1 fairly unhappy - Classification:
- O-HL-c-sq-v-5-n
- Author's label:
- Glück (Happiness)
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0.9%, 2: 4.5%, 3: 34%, 4: 42.3%, 5: 18.3% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.70 6.80
- SD:
- - -
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
Taking your life as a whole, are you .......?
5 very satisfied
4 quite satisfied
3 more satisfied than discontented
2 more discontented than satisfied
1 quite dissatisfied - Classification:
- O-SLW-u-sq-v-5-d
- Author's label:
- Zufriedenheit (satisfaction)
- Remarks:
- 44,0
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 0.9%, 2: 4%, 3: 28%, 4: 44%, 5: 23.1% (total 100%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 5 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.84 7.04
- SD:
- 0.85 1.46
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question:
How well do you feel these days? Is your current well-being....?
0 very low
1
2
3
4 very high - Classification:
- A-AOL-c-sq-v-5-c
- Author's label:
- Wohlbefinden (Psychological well-being)
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 2.4%, 2: 6.7%, 3: 36.2%, 4: 37.9%, 5: 16.7% (total 99.9%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 4 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 2.60 6.50
- SD:
- - -