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Correlational findings

Study Delken (2008): study DE 2004

Public
18+ aged, general public, Germany, 2004
Sample
Respondents
N = 22000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
Face-to-face individual Interviews with all householdmembers aged 16 and over. Additional information gathered using paper-and-pencil questionnaires - Household interviews with head of household. - An increasing number of individuals completes the questionnaire without the presence of the interviewer. In case of major inconsistencies or missing information the field work agency they werel given a phone call to resolve the issue. - So half CAPI in 2002

Correlate

Authors's Label
City size, size of the region ("Kreis")
Our Classification
Distribution
N = a:  0.3%, b: 13.5%, c: 20.9%, d: 17.8%, e: 7.8%, f: 17.4%, g: 12.3%
Operationalization
a:      0-   2000 inhabitants
b:   2000-   5000 inhabitants
c:   5000-  20000 inhabitants
d:  20000-  50000 inhabitants
e:  50000- 100000 inhabitants
f: 100000- 500000 inhabitants
g:       > 500000 inhabitants

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d DM = + a:      0-   2000 M = 6.7 CI95[6.64-6.79]
b:   2000-   5000 M = 6.7 CI95[6.64-6.76]
c:   5000-  20000 M = 7.1 CI95[7.08-7.18]
d:  20000-  50000 M = 7.0 CI95[6.94-7.05]
e:  50000- 100000 M = 7.1 CI95[7.02-7.18]
f: 100000- 500000 M = 7.0 CI95[6.93-7.04]
g:       > 500000 M = 7.1 CI95[7.01-7.14]