Gehmacher (1989): study AT 1989
Publication
- Author(s):
- Gehmacher, E.
- Title:
- Ungleichheit in Wien. (Inequality in Vienna).
- Source:
- Bauforum, Fachzeitschrift für Architektur, 1989, Vol. 22, 88 - 94
Investigation
- Public
- Adults, varying age ranges, general public, Austria, 1989
- Sample
- Selection from general population sample
- Respondents
- N = 0
- Non Response
- ?
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
- 
            Self report on single question:
 
 Taking all things together in your life, how would you say things are these days? Would you say you are ....?
 5 very happy
 4 happy
 3 neither happy nor unhappy
 2 unhappy
 1 very unhappy
- Classification:
- O-HL-c-sq-v-5-a
- Author's label:
- Lebensglück (Happiness)
- Remarks:
- % unhappy 39
- Full text:
- 
            Self report on single question:
 
 Taking everything into consideration: how satisfied are you with your life in general at the present time.....?
 1 not satisfied
 2 slightly satisfied
 3 fairly satisfied
 4 very satisfied
 5 extremely satisfied
- Classification:
- O-SLW-c-sq-v-5-a
- Author's label:
- Lebenszufriedenheit (Life-satisfaction)
- Remarks:
- % not satisfied: 33
- Full text:
- 
            Self report on single question:
 
 How well do you feel these days? Is your current well-being....?
 0 very low
 1
 2
 3
 4 very high
- Classification:
- A-AOL-c-sq-v-5-c
- Author's label:
- Wohlbefinden (Feeling well)
- Remarks:
- % not well: 45
- Full text:
- 
            Self report on 3 questions:
 
 A When you consider your present life as-a-whole, would you say you are....?
 5 very happy
 4 fairly happy
 3 rather happy than unhappy
 2 rather unhappy than happy
 1 very unhappy
 - DK/NA
 
 B When you consider your present life as-a-whole, would you say you are.....?
 5 very satisfied
 4 fairly satisfied
 3 rather satisfied than dissatisfied
 2 rather dissatisfied than satisfied
 1 fairly dissatisfied
 - DK/NA
 
 C How do you feel right now? Is your well-being.....?
 5 very high
 4 high
 3 moderate
 2 rather low
 1 very low
 - DK/NA
 
 Summation: The summed scores were divided in three strata: low, medium and high quality of life
- Classification:
- M-AO-c-mq-v-5-a
- Author's label:
- Befindlichkeit (Well-being)
- Remarks:
- negative 34%, very negative 7%