Satisfaction example data set

The example data set is based on survey of overall satisfaction performed in Germany in 2014, published 2016.

DATA:

GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften (2016): German General Social Survey - ALLBUS 2014. GESIS Datenarchiv, Köln. ZA5242 Datenfile Version 1.0.0, http://dx.doi.org/10.4232/1.12437

The primary end point was overall satisfaction with life.

Question to the participants:

• How would you rate your satisfaction with your life overall on a scale from 0-10? (10=completely satisfied)
• One measurement time point
• No treatment

Objective:

What are the most relevant factors for satisfaction in life?

Overview of the dataset

The data set has one observation per subject.

The data set contains the following variables measured at randomization:

• ID - unique subject identifier
• Satisfaction – on a scale from 0 to 10 (higher value is higher satisfaction, subjective)
• AGE, BMI, … - subject characteristics
• _f/_m – refers to father/mother (only for educational background)

Variables:

• Age
• Bmi
• Working hours
• Doctor visits per year
• Net income
• Smoker
• Gender
• Employment status
• Graduation
• Graduation of father
• Graduation of mother
• Highest educational grade (f/m)