Study Zijlmans (2009): study DE 1998 /1

Public

Unemployed, 21-64 aged, Germany, 1998-1999

Sample

Respondents

N = 1975

Non Response

not reported

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label

Importance of leisure for well-being

Our Classification

Error Estimates

T1-T2 correlation .37 for individuals who became unemployed and .29 for individuals who become reemployed between periods

Distribution

Both periods
N= 1:491     2:1270  3:204
%= 1:24,99, 2:64,60 3:10,41

Operationalization

Self report on the question how important leisure is for their well-being and contentment:
3: Very important
2: Important
1: Less important or not important at all

Observed Relation with Happiness