Study Stutzer & Frey (2006): study XZ Germany West 1984
- Public
- 15+ aged, general public West Germany, 1984-2000
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 15268
- Non Response
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Yearly
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Marriage later in life
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Not all Ss are followed all 17 years
- Operationalization
- Follow-up of people who over a period of 17 years:
a: remained married
b: remained single (never married)
c: got married for the first time
Marital status assessed every year
Observed Relation with Happiness
This difference in initial happiness varies with age. It is largest around age 25 does not appear around age 30.
Ma controled for:
- sex
- age
- education level
- parenthood
- household income
- household size
- position in household
- employment
- place of residence
- citizenship status (migrant or not)
Happiness in the first 3 years of marriage left out from this analysis, in order to avoid a 'honeymoon effect'.