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Studies

O'Connor (2020): study DE 1996

Publication

Author(s):
O'Connor, K.J.
Title:
Life Satisfaction and Noncognitive Skills: Effects on the Likelihood of Unemployment
Source:
Kyklos, 2020, online, 1-37

Investigation

Public
Working aged, Germany, followed 17 years, 1996-2013
Survey name
DE-SOEP combined waves
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 233574
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
Interview based on a set of pretested questionnaires

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:
Average mean and SD not reported. Assessed yearly.
Page in publication:
7

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Unemployment status Later (un)employment
Unemployed
Remained unemployed later