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Correlational findings

Study Winkelmann (2006): study DE 2000

Public
16-18 aged, Germany, 2000-2001
Survey name
DE-SOEP 2000
Sample
Respondents
N = 640
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Good student
Our Classification
Distribution
M =0,318 (32%), SD = 0,466
Operationalization
Good student: the student has reached a level of 1(excellent) or 2( very good) (on a scale from 1 to 6, where 4 is the passing mark), in at least two subjects

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-c-sq-n-11-a OPRC = +.31 p < .01 OPRC 0,308 CI95[0.12-0.49] controlled for:
- non-intact family
- household income
- having an own room
- being a single child
- gender
- German nationality
- Territory of West Germany
- Being in school
- Engaged in vocational training
- work
- region of childhood (mid-sized city,small-city, rural area)
- type of school(hauptschule, realschule, gymnasium)
- repeat a grade
- education of parents(father gymnasium, mother gymnasium)
- log number of books in the household