Study Dohmen et al. (2005): study DE
- Public
- 17+ aged, general public, Germany, 2004
- Survey name
- DE-SOEP 2004
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 22019
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Risk attitudes in specific contexts
- Our Classification
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- Distribution
- Means: a=0.177 b:0.098 c:0.227 d:0.253 e:0.154
- Operationalization
- Self-report on single question:
"People can act differently in different situations. How would you rank your readiness to assume a risk in each of the following fields:
a Car Driving
b Financial Matters
c Sports and Leisure
d Career
e Health"
rated from 0 (not at all prepared to take risks) to 10 (very prepared to take risks)
converted to the dichotomy:
0 not prepared to take risks
1 prepared to take risks
Observed Relation with Happiness
B's controlled for:
- Gender
- Age
- Height
- Parental education
- Log household wealth
- Log household debt
- Log of current gross monthly household income
- Location of residence in 1989
(+0.011)
(+0.009)
(+0.014)
(+0.014)
(+0.006)
OPRC's controlled for:
- Gender
- Age
- Education of Parents
- Height (in cm)
- Weight (in kg)
- Marital status
- Number of Children born after 1987
- Religion
- Location of Residence in 1989
- Current Location of Residence
- Nationality
- Education
- Subjective Health Status
- Smoker
- Enrollment in School or University
- Domain in Public Sector
- Domain in Private Sector
- Self-employment
- Occupation Status
- Log (Household Wealth in 2002)
- Log (Household Dept in 2002)
- Log (Household Income 2004)
- Month of Interview