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Correlational findings

Study Guven (2009): study DE 1984

Public
18+ aged, general public, Germany, 1984
Survey name
DE-SOEP 1984
Sample
Respondents
N = 15397
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Age
Our Classification
Operationalization
Age (squared) in years

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b = -.03 p < .01 happiness by age in 1984 O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b = +.37 p < .01 happiness by age-squared in 1984 O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b = -.07 p < .01 happiness by age in 2005 O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b = +.75 p < .01 happiness by age squared in 2005.

b' s controlled for
-education in years
-household size
-log income
-children
-female
-working part-time
-vocational training
-irregular part-time
-not working
-married
-annual doctor visits

R-squared in 1984: 0,06; in 2005: 0,12
Observations 1984: 10814 in 2005: 18078