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Correlational findings

Study Berger (2009): study DE 1994

Public
Mothers aged 20-65, Germany, followed 14 years, 1994-2007
Survey name
DE-SOEP 1994
Sample
Respondents
N = 5706
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Highest educational degree degree
Our Classification
Distribution
1: M = 0,21, 2: M = 0,63, 3: M = 0,16
Related specification variables
Operationalization
1 No professional degree
2 Vocational degree (reference category)
3 University degree

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b = -.21 p < .01 NO PROFESSIONAL DEGREE (vs vocational degree)
B controlled for:
- Employment status
- Age
- Residual Household Income
- Migration background
- University degree
- Person in need of care in the household
- Disabled
- Self-rated health
- East Germany
- Size of the municipality
- Self-employed
- Have a child in the coming year
- Partner status
- Number of children
- Age of the youngest child
O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b = -.05 ns Fixed effects.
B same controls as OLS except
for age and migration background.
O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b = +.11 p < .01 UNIVERSITY DEGREE (vs vocational degree)
B controlled for:
- Employment status
- Age
- Residual Household Income
- Migration background
- No professional degree
- Person in need of care in the household
- Disabled
- Self-rated health
- East Germany
- Size of the municipality
- Self-employed
- Have a child in the coming year
- Partner status
- Number of children
- Age of the youngest child
O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b = +.03 ns Fixed effects.
B same  controls as OLS except
for age and migration background.