Glatzer & Volkert (1980): study XZ Germany West 1978
Publication
- Author(s):
- Glatzer, W.; Volkert, M.
- Title:
- Lebensbedingungen und Lebensqualität alter Menschen. (Living Conditions and the Quality of Life of the Elderly).
- Source:
- Zeitschrift für Gerontologie, 1980, Vol. 13, 247 - 260
Investigation
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, West-Germany, 1978
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 1957
- Non Response
- ?
- Assessment
-
Interview: face-to-face
at home
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
-
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:
- Gluck (Happiness)
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 1%, 2: 4%, 3: 74%, 4: 22% (total 101%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 3.20 7.30
- SD:
- 6.30 -
- 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:
- Life satisfaction
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 7.80 7.80
- SD:
- 3.10 3.10