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Studies

Zumbro (2011): study DE 1992

Publication

Author(s):
Zumbro, T.
Title:
The Relationship between Home-Ownership and Life Satisfaction in Germany.
Source:
CAWN Discussion Paper no. 44, 2011, Münster, Germany

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public,Germany 1992-2009
Survey name
DE-SOEP
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 279394
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:
Life satisfaction
Remarks:
Modal response value 8.00
Page in publication:
8
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.45 7.45
SD:
- -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Homeownership House owned or rented