Trzcinski & Holst (2006): study DE 2001
Publication
- Author(s):
- Trzcinski, E.; Holst, E.
- Title:
- Setting the Set Point. Initial Predictors of Life Satisfaction in Early Adulthood.
- Source:
- Discussion paper 558, DIW (German Institute for Economic Research), 2006, Berlin, Germany
Investigation
- Public
- 17 aged, Germany, 2001-2004
- Survey name
- DE-SOEP
- Sample
- Probability stratified sample
- Respondents
- N = 1202
- 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
- Author's label:
- Subjective Life Satisfaction
- Page in publication:
- 10
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 7.63 7.63
- SD:
- 1.52 1.52