Winkelmann (2009): study XZ Germany West 1984

Publication

Author(s):

Winkelmann, R.

Title:

Unemployment, Social Capital, and Subjective Well-Being.

Source:

Journal of Happiness Studies, 2009, Vol. 10, 421 - 430

Investigation

Public

Employed, who fell unemployed, West-Germany 1984-2004

Sample

Probability stratified sample

Respondents

N = 5536

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 Falling unemployed Became unemployed Active social life Current contacts with friends
Visits to friends
Participation in church
Voluntary work
Current sporting German nationality Ethnic status in Germany
Foreign nationalities in nation Marital status Married state (compared to non-married states) East Germany Region in Germany University graduate Level of school-education