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svemagie 34c99ec7a9 fix: rename 6 DE datasets README.md→{Name}.md + add 7 missing source catalogs

Renames (consistent naming convention):
- DE-Church-Exits, DE-Mental-Health, DE-Social-Isolation,
  DE-Wastewater-Surveillance, DE-Wellbeing, DE-World-Values

New source catalog entries (DS-00021 through DS-00027):
- Church Exits (EKD/DBK), Common Metrics (Destatis/Bundesbank/BA/ZEW),
  Democracy Metrics (V-Dem/RSF/ALLBUS), Mental Health (Gallup/Destatis/DAK),
  Social Isolation (Genesis/Einsamkeitsstudie), Wellbeing (Eurostat EHIS),
  World Values (WVS/EVS)

All 16 DE datasets + 1 EU dataset now have consistent naming and source catalogs.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

2026-04-23 12:05:57 +02:00

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DE Wellbeing Indicators — Lebenszufriedenheit & Sinn

🎯 BEST ESTIMATE

Metric	Value	Confidence	Last Updated
Life satisfaction (mean 0-10)	see CSV	90%	2025
People: life has meaning (%)	see CSV	85%	2025

One-liner: Eurostat wellbeing data shows Germany's subjective meaning levels and life satisfaction trends.

Caveat: EHIS survey conducted every ~5 years — data points are sparse, not annual.

Quick Context

Eurostat's subjective wellbeing indicators (ilc_pw series) provide the closest official measure of meaning and life satisfaction at the national level. Germany's scores track broader EU trends but with characteristic German understatement in self-reporting (tendency toward middle responses). These are direct indicators for PR-00001 (Meaning Crisis).

Datasets Fetched

Dataset ID	Indicator	Type
ilc_pw01	Overall life satisfaction (0-10 scale)	Mean score
ilc_pw02	Feeling happy (always/most of time)	% population
ilc_pw05	Life has meaning	% agreeing
ilc_pw03	Satisfaction with personal relationships	Mean score

Source: Eurostat EHIS (European Health Interview Survey) + EU-SILC API: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/ (no auth required) Geography: DE (Germany), population 16+

Substrate Connection

Problem: PR-00001 (Meaning Crisis)
Proxy cluster: Direct meaning/satisfaction measurement
Argument: AR-00004 (Meaning Crisis Is Empirically Measurable)

Changelog

Date	Change	Reason
2026-04-22	Initial dataset created	PR-00001 evidence expansion

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