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Studies

Jantsch et al. (2016): study DE 1998

Publication

Author(s):
Jantsch, A.; Hirschauer, N.; Wunder, C.
Title:
Lebensqualität in Deutschland - Ein Vergleich von städtischen und ländlichen Regionen. (Quality of Life in Germany: A Comparison of Urban and Rural Areas).
Source:
Paper presented at the 56th Annual Conference " Lebensqualität in Deutschland", Bonn, 2016, Germany, GEWISOLA.

Investigation

Public
16+ aged general public, Germany, 1998-2012
Survey name
DE-SOEP combined waves
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 219872
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
The interview methodology of the SOEP is based on a set of pre-tested questionnaires for households and individuals. Principally an interviewer tries to obtain face-to-face interviews with all members of a given survey household.

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
Author's label:
Quality of life (Lebensqualität)
Page in publication:
3

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Economic prosperity GDP in region Economic inequality Income inequality in region Unemployment rate Unemployment in region Medical provision Health care in vicinity
Build environment
Training opportunities Job opportunities in vicinity Climate conditions - Rainfall Local humidity
Climate in region
Infrastructure Road density Natural surface Local nature
Build environment
Fertility rate Birth rate in region Foreigner share Ethnic diversity in environment
Immigrants in region
Life-satisfaction in Germany over time Trend average happiness in urban/rural dwellers
Trend average happiness in former East Germany
Trend average happiness in regions in Germany
Climate conditions - Temperature Local temperature Climate conditions - Sunshine duration Local sunshine