This paper looks at the information content of satisfaction scores. It is argued that the information content depends … within one year. This leads to the conclusion that the information content of satisfaction scores accentuates recent changes …-term impact on living conditions. The usefulness of satisfaction scores as an indicator of people's living conditions is discussed. …

with larger day-care growth mothers and fathers expressed greater satisfaction with the available child care. In West … Germany, the daycare expansion was positively associated with an increase in maternal satisfaction with family life, health … associations with some domains were similarly positive but reached statistical significance only for maternal satisfaction with …

Europe deliver greater satisfaction with political institutions and lead to greater personal happiness. The analysis uses … revenues. Similarly, the effect of political decentralization on the level of satisfaction with institutions also varies …

and overall life-satisfaction questions and vary the labeling of response scales, mode of interviewing, and location of … distribution of reported satisfaction measures, particularly for women. Results from the sort of conditional modeling used to …