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Studies

Zijlmans (2009): study DE 1998 /1

Publication

Author(s):
Zijlmans, T.J.
Title:
Work Involvement in the Valuation of Unemployment.
Source:
Master Thesis, Utrecht School of Economics, 2009, The Netherlands

Investigation

Public
Unemployed, 21-64 aged, Germany, 1998-1999
Sample
Probability stratified sample
Respondents
N = 1975
Non Response
not reported
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
Page in publication:
38
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
5.81 5.81
SD:
- -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Importance of work for well-being Work values
Current motivation to work
Importance of leisure for well-being Attitudes to leisure
Domain-specific value-preferences