Weick (1997): study DE 1995

Publication

Author(s):

Weick, S.

Title:

Lebensbedingungen und Bewertungen. (Living Conditions and Evaluations).

Source:

Statistisches Bundesamt;Ed.: "Datenreport 1997", Verlag Bonn Aktuell, 1997, Germany, 468 - 480

Investigation

Public

18+ aged, general public, Germany, 1995

Sample

Probability sample (unspecified)

Respondents

N = 2000

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

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding East and West Germany Region in Germany Household composition Current parental status
Number of parents (broken home)
Current household-composition
Living alone or not
Living with children
Married state (compared to non-married states)
Widowed
Divorced or separated
Remarried