Wunder et al. (2009): study DE 1986
Publication
- Author(s):
- Wunder, C.; Schwarze, J.; Wiencierz, A.
- Title:
- Well-Being over the Life Span: Semiparametric Evidence from British and German Longitudinal Data.
- Source:
- SOEP paper, No 179, 2009, Berlin, Germany
Investigation
- Public
- 15+ aged general public, Germany, 1986-2007
- Survey name
- DE-SOEP
- Sample
- Probability area sample
- Respondents
- N = 33451
- 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:
- SOEP life satisfaction
- Remarks:
- Average 1986-2007 without 1990 and 1993 (p.32)
Media 7 Mode 8 - Page in publication:
- 13, 32
- Observed distribution
- Summary Statistics
- On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
- Mean:
- 6.91 6.91
- SD:
- 1.81 1.81
Correlational Findings
Change age
Time trend of happiness in age categories