Study Winkelmann (2004): study XZ Germany West 1984
- Public
- Parents and their 16+ aged children, West-Germany, followed from 1984 to 1997
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 1309
- Non Response
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
With all household members
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Interdependence of long-term subjective well-being in a family
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Assessed every year during 14 years. Calculated using bivariate cross tabulation of responses to the same question on life satisfaction at the same time.
- Distribution
- 25168 person-year observations
- Operationalization
- Correspondence in happiness between members of the same family (parents and children)
Observed Relation with Happiness
- 56 % is shared by all family members
- 44 % is specific to the individual
Control variables are:
- age
- gender
- employment
- self rated health
- family income
- number of persons in the household
- trend over time