| Publication | |
| Author(s) | Headey, B.; Headey, D. |
| Title | German Reunification: Welfare Gains and Losses East and West. |
| Source | Social Indicators Research, 2003, Vol. 64, 107 - 138 |
| DOI | DOI:10.1023/A:1024780114892 |
| Investigation | |
| Public | 16+ aged, general public, Germany, 1990-1997 |
| Last assesment | 1997 |
| T1 1990, T2 1992, T3 1997 | |
| Survey name | Not available |
| The GSOEP began in 1984 with a sample of 9114 West Germans aged 16 and over in 4528 households. Initial response rate was 60 per cent. The Panel was extended in 1990 by 4453 individuals of 16 and over in 2179 households from the five new Lander (East Germans). The initial response rate was 70 per cent. The attrition rate between waves 1 and 2 was 8.3 percent, lower than in the West. Subsequent attrition has also been lower. | |
| Sample | Probability simple random sample |
| Respondents N = | 10000 |
| Non Response | ± 40% |
| Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
| Face-to-face interviews and additional questionnaire | |
| Happiness measure(s) used | |
| Full text | Selfreport 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 |
| Page in publication | 111 |
| Remarks | 1990 1992 1997 East 6.9 6.1 6.3 West 7.3 7.3 6.9 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| Author's label | Our subject description | |
| Age of Household Head | show | Young versus old |
| Income quintiles | show | Current income level (unspecified) |
| Life satisfaction | show | ERA (temporal period) |
| Life satisfaction | show | Recent happiness (< 1 year ago), also classified as above ↑ |
| Male and female headed households | show | Sex (male vs female) |