Böhnke & Kohler (2008): study ZZ EU 27 2003

Publication

Author(s):

Böhnke, P.; Kohler, U.

Title:

Well-Being and Inequality.

Source:

WZB Discussion Paper no. SP I 2008-201, 2008, Berlin, Germany

Investigation

Public

18+ aged, general public, EU 27 and Turkey, 2003

Sample

Mixed samples

Respondents

N = 18600

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:

Self report on single question:

All things considered, how satisfied or dissatisfied are you with your life these days? Please tell me on a scale of 1 to 10, where one means very dissatisfied and 10 means very satisfied
10 very satisfied
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1  very dissatisfied

Classification:

O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-b

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Gender Sex: male (vs female) Age Current age (in years) Type of community Rural dwelling (vs urban) Income Current income level (unspecified) Homemakers Current employment status
Full-time home maker Social class Being a farmer
Skill level of occupation
Manual or non-manual
'Objective' socio-economic status
Self employed Education Level of school-education Rooms per person Quality of current dwelling Separated, divorced Married (vs divorced) Contacts friends/neighbours Current contacts with friends
Social contacts in vicinity Voluntary work Voluntary work Church attendance Participation in church Internet use Use of internet Long term illness Self-perceived chronic illness Health satisfaction Self-perceived health Unemployement Unemployed involuntary Retired Current employment status
Current status: retired or not Still in education Current employment status
Involved in schooling or not Accomodation problems Concern about housing Widowed Married (vs widowed) Single, never married Married (vs never married)