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Updated 5/16/22
Country: Germany
Study design: Observational cohort with repeated measurements over time
Participant age range:
- Children / adolescents
- Early adulthood or midlife
- Aging adults
Number of participants at baseline: 11,000
Year of initial enrollment: 1984
Number of data collection waves: 37, data collection ongoing
Measures of well-being:
- Positive psychological well-being (overall / multidimensional)
- Life satisfaction
Quantity of well-being measures (e.g., number of constructs, number of times well-being was assessed): Low
Quality of well-being measures (e.g., were measures reliable and valid in the study population): Low
Measures of physical health: Self-rated / questionnaire-based health
Access Information:
This dataset is available to all researchers.
Researchers must submit an application to access this data.
There are no fees required to access this dataset.
Notable citation:
Guven C & Saloumidis R. (2014). Life satisfaction and longevity: longitudinal evidence from the German Socio-Economic Panel. German Economic Review, 15(4), 453-472.