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Studies

Koczan (2013a): study DE 1984

Publication

Author(s):
Koczan, Z.
Title:
Does integration increase life satisfaction?
Source:
CWPE 1314 Cambridge Working Papers in Economics, 2013, Cambridge, UK

Investigation

Public
16+ aged general public, Germany, followed 1-26 years, 1984-2010
Survey name
DE-SOEP
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 71779
Non Response
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
Author's label:
Life satisfaction
Remarks:
Own calculation.
Page in publication:
8, 11
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.10 7.10
SD:
- -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Migration Ever migrated or not Past happiness Past happiness ( 1 to 10 years ago) Age Current age (in years) Gender Sexe: male (vs female) Married Married (vs never married) Seperated/divorced Earlier marital transitions
Never married (vs divorced)
Never married (vs separated)
Never married (vs formerly married: divorced + separated)
Widowed Recent widowhood
Never married (vs widowed)
Years of education Change in education
Years schooling
Employed (lagged) Earlier unemployment
Change in employment
Current employment status
Works in occupation trained for Job-education fit Owner house/apartment House owned or rented
Change from rent to owner
Children in household Living with children Job insecurity Concern about (un)employment Neighbourhood Ethnic diversity in vicinity