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Correlational findings

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
Interview: face-to-face
With all household members

Correlate

Authors's Label
Interdependence of long-term subjective well-being in a family
Our Classification
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

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d Beta = +.56 44,4 % of the variance in life satisfaction over this period is long-term (as opposed to transitory). Of this longterm variance:
- 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