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Correlational findings

Study Asendorpf (2008): study DE 2000

Public
18+ aged, Germany, followed 6 years, 2000-2006
Survey name
DE-SOEP 2006
Sample
Respondents
N = 13541
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Living situation
Our Classification
Operationalization
a Living alone and being single
b LAT
c Cohabiting
d Married

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d = O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d DMs = -              MALES     FEMALES   Difference
Single:      Ms=5.9    Ms=6.4    -0.5 O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d DMs = - LAT:         Ms=6.4    Ms=6.6    -0.2 O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d DMs = - Cohabiting:  Ms=6.4    Ms=6.7    -0.3 O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d DMs = + Married:     Ms=6.9    Ms=6.8    +0.1

Ms controlled for:
- age
- number of children
- education
- prestige of profession
- size of city of residence O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d BMCT = p < .05 a < b,c < d  both among males and females