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Studies

Habich et al. (1991): study DE East Germany 1990

Publication

Author(s):
Habich, R.; Häder, M.; Krause, P.; Priller, E.
Title:
Die Entwicklung des subjektiven Wohlbefindens vom Januar bis zum Herbst 1990 in der DDR und Ostdeutschland. (Change in Subjective Well-Being January - Fall 1990 in the DDR and East Germany).
Source:
Projektgruppe 'Das Sozio-Ökonomisches Panel';Ed.: "Lebenslagen im Wandel:....in den Neuen Bundesländern", Campus Verlag, 1991, Germany, 332 - 356

Investigation

Public
16+ aged, general public, East-Germany, Germany, 1990
Survey name
DE-SOEP 1990
Sample
Probability stratified sample
Respondents
N = 0
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
Page in publication:
341
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.62 6.62
SD:
2.01 -