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Studies

Dittmann & Goebel (2010): study DE 2000 /1

Publication

Author(s):
Dittmann, J.; Goebel, J.
Title:
Your House, Your Car, Your Education: The Socioeconomic Situation of the Neighborhood and its Impact on Life Satisfaction in Germany.
Source:
Social Indicators Research, 2010, Vol. 96, 497 - 513

Investigation

Public
17+ aged, general public, Germany, followed 7 years 2000-2006
Survey name
DE-SOEP 2000-2006
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 22000
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:
498, 503
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.90 6.90
SD:
- -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Neighborhood status