Study Stutzer & Frey (2008): study XZ Germany West 1985
- Public
- 15+ aged, general public, Germany, 1985-1998
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 270150
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Commuting
- Our Classification
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- Distribution
- Average daily commuting time is 23 minutes one way (standard deviation 19 min). Median commuting time is 20 minutes, first quartile is 10 min, fourth quartile is 30 min.
- Operationalization
- Average daily commuting time (minutes, one way)
Observed Relation with Happiness
(t-value= -7.27)
1st quartile <10 min: life satisfaction=7.24
4th quartile >30 min: life satisfaction=7.00
(t-value= 4.11)
Commuting time squared
B's controlled for:
-Age
-Age2
-Gender
-Years of Education (ln)
-Children (Yes/No)
-Singel (with/without partner)
-Married (Yes/No)
-Seperated (with/without partnert)
-Divorced (with/without partner)
-Widowed (with/without partner)
-Spouse living abroad
-Number of household members
-Employed
-Self-employed
-Western/Eastern Germany
-Child of the Head of Household (vs. not)
-EU foreigner/Other Foreigner
-Year