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Correlational findings

Study Zijlmans (2009): study DE 1998

Public
21-64 aged working force, Germany, 1998-1999
Sample
Respondents
N = 19093
Non Response
not reported
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Being unemployed
Our Classification
Distribution
% of sample= 0:65% 1:9%
Operationalization
0 Employed
1 Unemployed

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b = -1.2 p < .01 Very important O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b = -.88 p < .01 Important O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b = -.58 p < .01 Less/not important

B's are controled for:
- year
- socio-economic variables
- demographic variables


B's reflect the average statistics when importance of work is averaged for T1 and T2

B's mean that unemployed individuals who consider work:
-'not important' are the most happy
-'very important' are the least happy

B -1.2 means that unemployment corresponds with a lower happiness by -1.2 points on scale 0-10 for individuals who consider that work is very important for their well-being.