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GSOEP (2009): study DE East Germany 1997

Publication

Author(s):
GSOEP,
Title:
Datafile 1984-2008
Source:
German Socio Economic Panel (GSOEP)

Investigation

Public
16+ aged, general public, East-Germany, Germany, 1997
Survey name
DE-SOEP 1997
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 3844
Non Response
0
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
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.30 6.30
SD:
- -