Winkelmann & Winkelmann (1998): study XZ Germany West 1984
Publication
- Author(s):
- Winkelmann, L.; Winkelmann, R.
- Title:
- Why are the Unemployed so Unhappy? Evidence from Panel Data.
- Source:
- Economica, 1998, Vol. 65, 1 - 15
Investigation
- Public
- 20-64 aged males, Germany, followed 6 years, 1984-1990
- Sample
- Probability stratified sample
- Respondents
- N = 4183
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
- Full text:
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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:
- Life satisfaction
- Remarks:
- Year N Mean CI95 % CI95
dissatisfied
1984 4183 7,4 [7,37 7,50] 7,4 [7,39 7,41]
1985 3658 7,2 [7,17 7,30] 8,0 [7,99 8,01]
1986 3416 7,3 [7,22 7,35] 7,0 [6,99 7,01]
1987 3410 7,2 [7,12 7,25] 7,3 [7,29 7,31]
1988 3197 7,1 [7,02 7,15] 8,2 [7,19 7,21]
1989 3080 7,1 [7,06 7,19] 7,8 [7,79 7,81]
dissatisfied < 4 - Page in publication:
- 2-5
- Observed distribution
- Frequencies
- 1: 1.1%, 2: 0.69%, 3: 1.24%, 4: 1.7%, 5: 2.7%, 6: 11.16%, 7: 8.25%, 8: 15.87%, 9: 26.06%, 10: 12.72%, 11: 18.5% (total 99.99%)
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 7.40 7.40
- SD:
- - -