Börsch-Supan & Jürgens (2006): study XZ Germany West 1984 /1
Publication
- Author(s):
- Börsch-Supan, A.; Jürgens, G.
- Title:
- Early Retirement, Social Security and Well-Being in Germany.
- Source:
- National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Working Paper 12303., 2006, USA
Investigation
- Public
- 25+ aged, general public, West-Germany, 1984-2002
- Sample
- Selection from general population sample
- Respondents
- N = 2000
- Non Response
- Assessment
-
Interview: face-to-face
Yearly
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 well-being
- Page in publication:
- 32