Safi (2010): study ZZ Western Europe 2002

Publication

Author(s):

Safi, M.

Title:

Immigrants' Life Satisfaction in Europe: Between Assimilation and Discrimination.

Source:

European Sociological Review, 2010, Vol. 26, 159 - 176

Investigation

Public

15+ aged, general public, 12 European nations 2002-2006

Sample

Probability multi-stage cluster sample

Respondents

N = 60169

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:

Self report on single question:

All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole nowadays?
0  extremely dissatisfied
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 extremely satisfied
-    don't know
-   no answer

Classification:

O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-cd

Author's label:

Life satisfaction

Page in publication:

4

Observed distribution

Summary Statistics

On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10

Mean:

7.25 7.25

SD:

0.01 -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding gender Sexe: male (vs female) age Current age (in years) education Level of school-education married and parental status Current parental status
Married state (compared to non-married states) annual income Household income occupation Current occupation unemployment Unemployed involuntary health Current healthy life-style immigration Ever migrated or not
Time since migration
Foreign nationalities in nation migration and length of stay Time since migration migration generation Migration generation ethnic status Ethnic status in specific nations
Migration generation Perceived discrimination Perceived occurrence of ethnic discrimination