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Correlational findings

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 divorced
Our Classification
Remarks
Initially married Ss only. Marital status assessed every year
Operationalization
Follow-up over 17 years
1 remained married
0 got divorced

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d DMa = + Ss who got divorced were consistently less happy both in the years before and after marriage.

Ma's controled for:
- age
- education
- parenthood
- household income
- household size
- position in household
- employment
- place of residence
- citizenship