| Publication | |
| Author(s) | Glatzer, W.; Volkert, M. |
| Title | Lebensbedingungen und Lebensqualität alter Menschen. (Living Conditions and the Quality of Life of the Elderly). |
| Source | Zeitschrift für Gerontologie, 1980, Vol. 13, 247 - 260 |
| Investigation | |
| Public | 18+ aged, general public, West-Germany, 1978 |
| Survey name | Not available |
| Wohlfahrtssurvey 1978. | |
| Sample | Not available |
| Probability sample, ages categories 27-29 and 38 - 57 left out. | |
| Respondents N = | 1957 |
| Non Response | ? |
| Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
| at home | |
| General remarks | See also GLATZ 1984A and ZAPF |
| Happiness measure(s) used | |
| Full text | Selfreport on single question: Is your life at this moment ....? 4 very happy 3 fairly happy 2 fairly unhappy 1 very unhappy |
| Classification | O-HL-c-sq-v-4-b |
| Author's label | Gluck (Happiness) |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 1 - 4 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 3.20 | 7.30 |
| Standard deviation | 6.30 |
| Scores in | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| % | 1.0 | 4.0 | 74.0 | 22.0 |
| Full text | Selfreport on single question; What do you think, how satisfied are you at this moment- all in all - with your life ?' 'If for instance you are totally satisfied with your life, please mark a '10'.If you are totally unsatisfied with your life, mark a '0'.If you are not completely unsatisfied nor totally satisfied range yourself somewhere between '1' and '9" 10 completely satisfied 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 completely dissatisfied |
| Classification | O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-ba |
| Author's label | Life satisfaction |
| Finding used in nation ranks | Yes |
| On original range 0 - 10 | On range 0 - 10 | |
| Mean | 7.80 | 7.80 |
| Standard deviation | 3.10 | 3.10 |
| Author's label | Our subject description | |
| Age | show | Current age (in years) |