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World Values Survey (2000): study DE West Germany 1990

Publication

Author(s):
World Values Survey,
Title:
Aggregated data file waves 1+2+3
Source:
www.worldvaluessurvey.org

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, West-Germany region, Germany, 1990
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurvey 2
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 1501
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking all things together, would you say you are.....?
4  very happy
3  quite happy
2  not very happy
1  not at all happy.
Classification:
O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a
Page in publication:
v10
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 1%,   2: 9.7%,   3: 67.3%,   4: 14.9%   (total 92.9%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
3.03 7.10
SD:
0.55 1.55
Full text:
Self report on single question:

All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as-a-whole these days?
1   dissatisfied
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10  satisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.68%,   2: 1.32%,   3: 3.49%,   4: 4.11%,   5: 9.85%,   6: 8.9%,   7: 16.91%,   8: 29.84%,   9: 14.95%,   10: 9.23%   (total 99.28%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.22 6.91
SD:
1.92 2.13