| Study | Headey (2008): study DE 1990 |
| Title | Life Goals Matter to Happiness: A Revision of Set-Point Theory. |
| Source | Social Indicators Research, 2008, Vol. 86, 213 - 231 |
| DOI | DOI:10.1007/s11205-007-9138-y |
| Public | 16+ aged, general public, Germany, 1990-2004 |
| Sample | Probability multi-stage cluster sample |
| Non-Response | |
| Respondents N = | 3553 |
| Correlate | |
| Author's label | Effect of current priorities & conditions |
| Page in Source | 222 |
| Our classification | Socio-demographic + health + life goals + personality |
| Operationalization | a: current priorities at T3 for life goals b: gender c: age (T3) d: extraversion (2005) e: neuroticism (2005) f: internal locus of control (2005) g: having a partner (T3) h: years of education (T3) i: disposable household income (T3) j: health disability (T3) |
| Remarks | T1: 1990, T2: 1995, T3: 2004 |
| Observed Relation with Happiness | ||
| Happiness Measure | Statistics | Elaboration/Remarks |
| O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d | RaČ=15,8 | T3 LEVEL of happiness |
| O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d | RaČ=27,7 | T1-T3 CHANGE in happiness (14 year lag); Variable a replaced by average priorities at T 1,2,3 for life goals. |
| 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 |
| RaČ | ADJUSTED COEFFICIENT OF MULTIPLE CORRELATION Type: descriptive statistic only Measurement level: Correlates: all metric, Happiness: metric Range: [0 ; 1] Meaning: Ra = 0 « not any association Ra = 1 « strongest possible association |