| Study | Delken (2008): study DE 2004 |
| Title | Happiness in Shrinking Cities in Germany. |
| Source | Journal of Happiness Studies, 2008, Vol. 9, 213 - 218 |
| DOI | DOI:10.1007/s10902-007-9046-5 |
| Public | 18+ aged, general public, Germany, 2004 |
| Sample | Probability multistage stratified area sample |
| Non-Response | |
| Respondents N = | 22000 |
| Correlate | |
| Author's label | city growth (vs decline) |
| Page in Source | 31, 33, 35, 36 |
| Our classification | Change of city size |
| Operationalization | 5: fast growing > +8% 4: growing city > +2,0% 3: stable city -1,99% to +1,99% 2: shrinking city < -2,0% 1: fast shrinking < -8% |
| Observed distribution | N= 5:35.9%, 4:20.5%,3:12.9%, 2:13.0%, 1:13.9% |
| Observed Relation with Happiness | ||
| Happiness Measure | Statistics | Elaboration/Remarks |
| O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d | DM=- | All Germany 4: growing city M = 7.1 CI95[7.06-7.12] 3: stable city M = 7.0 CI95[6.92-7.05] 2: shrinking city M = 6.8 CI95[6.72-6.81] |
| O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d | DM=+ | former East Germany 5: fast growing city M = 6.4 CI95[6.31-6.54] 4: growing city M = 6.4 CI95[6.31-6.53] 3: stable city M = 6.5 CI95[6.27-6.68] 2: shrinking city M = 6.5 CI95[6.42-6.53] 1: fast shrinking M = 6.5 CI95[6.40-6.52] |
| O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d | DM=+/- | former West-Germany 5: fast growing city M = 7.1 CI95[7.10-7.18] 4: growing city M = 7.1 CI95[7.12-7.18] 3: stable city M = 7.0 CI95[6.97-7.10] 2: shrinking city M = 7.2 CI95[7.10-7.24] 1: fast shrinking M = 7.1 CI95[7.05-7.28] |
| Code | Full Text |
| O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d | Selfreport 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 |
| Symbol | Explanation |
| DM | DIFFERENCE of MEANS Type: descriptive statistic only. Measurement level: Correlate: dichotomous, Happiness: metric Range: depending on the happiness rating scale of the author; range symmetric about zero. Meaning: the difference of the mean happiness, as measured on the author's rating scale, between the two correlate levels. |