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Studies

Noll & Weick (2004): study DE 2002

Publication

Author(s):
Noll, H.H.; Weick, S.
Title:
Verluste an Lebensqualität im Alter vor allem immaterieller Art. (Loss of Quality of Life for Elderly, Particularly by Immaterial Causes).
Source:
ISI Bulletin, 2004, Vol. 31, 7 - 11

Investigation

Public
17+ aged, general public, Germany, 2002
Sample
Probability simple random sample
Respondents
N = 28892
Non Response
?
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
Face-to-face individual Interviews with all householdmembers aged 16 and over. Additional information gathered using paper-and-pencil questionnaires - Household interviews with head of household. - An increasing number of individuals completes the questionnaire without the presence of the interviewer. In case of major inconsistencies or missing information the field work agency they werel given a phone call to resolve the issue. - So half CAPI in 2002

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:
Lebenszufriedenheit
Page in publication:
10

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Age Current age (in years)
Age difference among elderly