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Studies

Camp (2016): study DE 2005

Publication

Author(s):
Camp, J.K.
Title:
Family and Labor Market Policies in Germany: The Well-Being of Working Women.
Source:
Connerley, M.L. (Ed) "Handbook on Well-Being of Working Women", Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2016, Dordrecht, Netherlands, 449 - 472

Investigation

Public
18-62 aged women, Germany, 2005-2009
Survey name
DE-SOEP
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 10000
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:
life satisfaction
Page in publication:
461

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Education Level of school-education
Vocational education
Immigrant Ethnic status in Germany Disability Degree of restriction Being in labour force Current employment status
Full-time home maker
Unemployed involuntary
Full-time vs part-time
Full-time, part-time work Full-time vs part-time
Trend average happiness in full-time, part-time jobs
Has children Current parental status
Trend average happiness in parents