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Glatzer (2007): study DE 2006

Publication

Author(s):
Glatzer, W.
Title:
Personal communication, August 2007
Source:

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, Germany, 2006
Survey name
DE-ESZ 2006
Sample
Probability multi-stage random
Respondents
N = 5006
Non Response
57
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

I mention several domains of life. Please tell me how satisfied or dissatisfied you are with each of these all in all. …..How satisfied are you with your life as a whole?
0  completely dissatisfied
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 completely satisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-u-sq-n-11-g
Observed distribution
Frequencies
1: 0.5%,   2: 0.2%,   3: 0.7%,   4: 1.2%,   5: 1.5%,   6: 6%,   7: 5.5%,   8: 13%,   9: 30%,   10: 19.3%,   11: 21.9%   (total 99.8%)
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
7.99 7.99
SD:
1.78 1.78