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Studies

Headey & Krause (1988): study XZ Germany West 1984

Publication

Author(s):
Headey, B.; Krause, P.
Title:
A Health and Wealth Model of Change in Life Satisfaction.
Source:
Arbeitspapier 260, Sonderforschungsbereich 3, University of Mannheim, 1988, Germany

Investigation

Public
16+ aged, general public, West Germany, 1984-1985
Sample
Respondents
N = 2718
Non Response
Attrition sample A: 8%, sample B: 15%
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as-a-whole these days?
1   dissatisfied
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10  satisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a
Author's label:
Change in life-satisfaction
Error estimates:
The correlation between the two measures was 0.78.

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Change in satisfaction with income