Publication | |
Author(s) | Noll, H.H.; Zapf, W. |
Title | Wohlfahrtssurvey 'Ost' 1990, Machinenlesbares Codebuch (Welfare survey 'East' 1990, code book) |
Source | Zentral Archiv fur Empirische Sozialforschung |
Investigation | |
Public | 18+ aged, general public, East-Germany, Germany, 1990 |
Former communist German Democratic Republic (DDR). Reunited with Germany in 1990 | |
Survey name | WorldValuesSurvey 2 |
Sample | Probability multistage stratified area sample |
Weighting | Y |
Respondents N = | 1336 |
Non Response | Not available |
Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
Happiness measure(s) used |
Full text | Selfreport on 10 questions: During the past few weeks, did you ever feel ....? (yes/no) A Particularly excited or interested in something? B So restless that you couldn't sit long in a chair? C Proud because someone complimented you on something you had done? D Very lonely or remote from other people? E Pleased about having accomplished something? F Bored? G On top of the world? H Depressed or very unhappy? I That things were going your way? J Upset because someone criticized you? Answer options and scoring: yes = 1 no = 0 Summation: -Positive Affect Score (PAS): A+C+E+G+I -Negative Affect Score (NAS): B+D+F+H+J -Affect Balance Score (ABS): PAS minus NAS Possible range: -5 to +5 Name: Bradburn's 'Affect Balance Scale' (standard version) |
Classification | A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a |
Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
On original range -5 - 5 | On range 0 - 10 | |
Mean | 1.25 | 6.25 |
Standard deviation | 1.90 |