Glatzer (1984): study XZ Germany West 1978
Publication
- Author(s):
- Glatzer, W.
- Title:
- Determinanten der Zufriedenheit.(Determinants of Satisfaction.)
- Source:
- Glatzer, W.;Zapf. W.;Eds.:"Lebensqualität in der Bundesrepublik", Campus verlag, 1984 Frankfurt, Germany, 234 - 245
Investigation
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, West-Germany, 1978-1988
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 2100
- Non Response
- ?
- Assessment
-
Interview: face-to-face
At home.
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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Self report on single question:
Is your life at this moment ....?
4 very happy
3 fairly happy
2 fairly unhappy
1 very unhappy - Classification:
- O-HL-c-sq-v-4-b
- Author's label:
- Life happy (Leben gluecklich)
- Remarks:
- Originally coded :1 = very happy... 4 = very unhappy
Reversed in excerpt very rather rather very N var. happy % happy % unhappy % unhappy %
_____________________________________________________________________________ 1978 21,5 74,0 3,8 0,7 1985 0,3
1980 25,6 68,7 5,1 0,6 2360 0,3
range : very happy(1) to very unhappy(4) reversed by us in 1 (very unhappy)
to 4 (very happy). Signs of correlations reversed accordingly.
- Full text:
-
Self report on single question;
What do you think, how satisfied are you at this moment- all in all - with your life ?' 'If for instance you are totally satisfied with your life, please mark a '10'.If you are totally unsatisfied with your life, mark a '0'.If you are not completely unsatisfied nor totally satisfied range yourself somewhere between '1' and '9"
10 completely satisfied
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0 completely dissatisfied - Classification:
- O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-ba
- Author's label:
- Lifesatisfaction (Lebenszufriedenheit)
- Remarks:
- Range: very unhappy(0) to very happy(10)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
_____________________________________________________________________________
1978 % 0,5 0,4 0,5 1,3 1,5 5,6 7,3 15,4 31,5 18,0 17,9
1980 % 0,6 0,2 0,7 0,8 1,9 8,4 8,3 17,7 29,8 13,0 18,4 _____________________________________________________________________________ N Ms SD NA
1978 % 1997 7,8 3,1 0,8 %
1980 % 2386 7,7 3,3 0,4 %
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Correlational Findings
Build environment
Conservative
Satisfaction with home-making
Satisfaction with standard of living
Satisfaction with health
Satisfaction with health
Attitudes to environmental protection
Satisfaction with leisure hours
Attitudes to social security
Degree of restriction
Attitudes to environmental protection
Attitudes to social security
Concern about leisure
Comparative appraisals of life-as-a-whole