| Study | Schyns (2000): study DE 1992 |
| Title | The Relationship between Income, Changes in Income and Life-Satisfaction in West Germany and the Russian Federation. Relative, Absolute or a Combination of Both? |
| Source | Diener, E.;Rathz, D.R.;Eds.: "Advances in Quality of Life Theory and Research", Kluwer, 2000, Dordrecht, Netherlands, 83 - 110 |
| Public | 18+ aged general public, Germany, followed 4 years, 1992-1996 |
| Sample | Probability multi-stage cluster sample |
| Non-Response | |
| Respondents N = | 4398 |
| Correlate | |
| Author's label | Marital status |
| Page in Source | 95 |
| Our classification | Married state (compared to non-married states) |
| Operationalization | a) married b) single c) widowed d) divorced e) separated |
| Observed Relation with Happiness | ||
| Happiness Measure | Statistics | Elaboration/Remarks |
| O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d | DM= | Mean Unhappy(1-3) Very happy(8-10) Married 7,4 4,0% 50,5% Single 7,2 2,4% 40,5% Widowed 7,3 4,9% 44,5% Divorced 6,8 9,2% 34,6% Separated 6,8 2,6% 30,8% |
| 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. |