Schyns (2000): study DE 1992

Publication

Author(s):

Schyns, P.

Title:

The Relationship between Income, Changes in Income and Life-Satisfaction in West Germany and the Russian Federation. Relative, Absolute or a Combination of Both?

Source:

Diener, E.;Rathz, D.R.;Eds.: "Advances in Quality of Life Theory and Research", Kluwer, 2000, Dordrecht, Netherlands, 83 - 110

Investigation

Public

18+ aged general public, Germany, followed 4 years, 1992-1996

Survey name

DE-SOEP combined waves

Sample

Probability multi-stage cluster sample

Respondents

N = 4398

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

Page in publication:

91

Observed distribution

Summary Statistics

On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10

Mean:

7.30 7.30

SD:

- -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Income satisfaction Later satisfaction with income
Satisfaction with income Change in income Change in income level Current income Household income Gender Sex: male (vs female) Age Young versus old Eduation Level of school-education Work status Current employment status Marital status Married state (compared to non-married states)