| Publication | |
| Author(s) | Veenhoven, R. |
| Title | Is Happiness a Trait? Test of the Theory that a Better Society does not Make People any Happier. |
| Source | Social Indicators Research, 1994, Vol. 32, 101 - 160 |
| URL | http://hdl.handle.net/1765/16155 |
| DOI | DOI:10.1007/BF01078732 |
| Investigation | |
| Public | 16+ aged, general public, West-Germany, 1984 |
| West-Germany was a separate nation before 1990 and became a region in reunited Germany after 1990 | |
| Survey name | Not available |
| German Socio-Economical Panel, first wave, 1984 | |
| Sample | Probability sample (unspecified) |
| Respondents N = | 1569 |
| Non Response | Not available |
| Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
| 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 | Average life-satisfaction |
| Page in publication | 143, 154 |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 0 - 10 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 7.40 | 7.40 |
| Standard deviation |
| Author's label | Our subject description | |
| Country of settlement vs county of origin | show | Earlier nationality (nation of origin) |
| Country of settlement vs county of origin | show | Ever migrated or not, also classified as above ↑ |