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Studies

Veenhoven (1994c): study XZ Germany West 1984

Publication

Author(s):
Veenhoven, R.
Title:
Is Happiness a Trait? Test of the Theory that a Better Society does not Make People any Happier.
Source:
Social Indicators Research, 1994, Vol. 32, 101 - 160

Investigation

Public
16+ aged, general public, West-Germany, 1984
Sample
Probability sample (unspecified)
Respondents
N = 1569
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:
Average life-satisfaction
Page in publication:
143, 154
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.40 7.40
SD:
- -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Country of settlement vs county of origin