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Studies

World Values Survey (2004): study DE Niedersachsen 2005

Publication

Author(s):
World Values Survey,
Title:
Aggregated Datafile European Values Survey 1999 and World Values Survey 2000. File name: WVSEVS_sb_v4.sav, 2004
Source:
http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, Niedersachsen region, Germany, 2005
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurv 1-5
Sample
Selection from general population sample
Respondents
N = 240
Non Response
0
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as-a-whole these days?
1   dissatisfied
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10  satisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a
Remarks:
Germany: In wave 1(1981), wave2(1990) and wave 3(1997) there was only West- and East Germany. Only in wave 5 there was a united Germany
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.2%,   2: 0.7%,   3: 3%,   4: 4.7%,   5: 8.4%,   6: 8%,   7: 23.4%,   8: 33.5%,   9: 10.3%,   10: 7.5%   (total 99.7%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.21 6.90
SD:
1.72 1.91