We analyse the results of experiments on questionnaire design and interview mode in the first four waves (2008-11) of … and overall life-satisfaction questions and vary the labeling of response scales, mode of interviewing, and location of … questions within the interview. We find significant evidence of an influence of interview mode and question design on the …

This paper studies the test-retest reliability of a standard self-reported life satisfaction measure and of affect … weeks apart is 0.64, which is slightly higher than the correlation of life satisfaction (r=0.59). Correlations between … income, net affect and life satisfaction are presented, and adjusted for attenuation bias due to measurement error. Life …

at different points in the interview in each of the three groups. -- Measurement error ; respondent fatigue ; prior …

This paper studies the test-retest reliability of a standard self-reported life satisfaction measure and of affect … weeks apart is 0.64, which is slightly higher than the correlation of life satisfaction (r=0.59). Correlations between … income, net affect and life satisfaction are presented, and adjusted for attenuation bias due to measurement error. Life …

This paper investigates the finding that reported life satisfaction scores are significantly higher in the German Socio …-Economic Panel when a third person is present during the interview. Even after controlling a variety of relevant factors, third … person presence makes up a significant difference in satisfaction levels. A plausible explanation is that interviewees …