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Studies

Nesterko et al. (2013): study DE 2006 /1

Publication

Author(s):
Nesterko, Y; Brähler, E.; Glaesmer, H; Grande, G
Title:
Life Satisfaction and Health-Related Quality of Life in Immigrants and Native-Born Germans: The Role of Immigration-Related Factors
Source:
Quality of Life Research, 22, 1005-1013

Investigation

Public
16+ aged migrants, Germany, 2006
Survey name
DE-SOEP 2006
Sample
Probability stratified sample
Respondents
N = 2971
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
Page in publication:
1009
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.84 6.84
SD:
0.04 0.04

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Gender Sexe: male (vs female) Age Current age (in years) Length of time living in Germany Time since migration Possession of German citizenship Foreign nationalities in nation Country of origin Country of origin