Study Trzcinski & Holst (2006): study DE 2001
- Public
- 17 aged, Germany, 2001-2004
- Survey name
- DE-SOEP
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 1202
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Family composition
- Our Classification
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- Distribution
- a = 77 %, b = 11,5 %, c = 1,5 %, d = 10 %
- Operationalization
- Family composition during the first 15 years of the young person’s life:
0 Living some time with stepparent,Living some time in nontraditional setting (other relatives, foster parents, in a home)or other.
1 Living with both parents entire life
Observed Relation with Happiness
b controlled for:
- personal control
- satisfaction with grades
- perceived of probability of success in education and work
- nationality
- east or west german
- gender
- income
- education
- number of important relationships
- relationship with mother
- relationship with father
- mother worked part-time or full-time entire year (vs not)
- months of unemployment of mother in the previous year
- mother’s worries about financial situation
- life satisfaction of mother
b = +.13 means that living with both parents entire life corresponds with 0.13 point difference in happiness on the 0-10 point scale.