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

Interview: face-to-face
Yearly

Correlate

Authors's Label

married vs never married

Our Classification

Remarks

Mixed cross-sectional and panel analysis, since average happiness in age groups (Ma) refelcts both difference in age when Ss entered the investigation and the number of years Ss participate differences in happiness among Ss

Operationalization

Follow-up over 17 years
1 married all years
0 never married all years
Marital status and happiness assessed every years

Observed Relation with Happiness