Study Dittmann & Goebel (2010): study DE 2004
- Public
- 17+ aged, general public, Germany, 2004
- Survey name
- DE-SOEP 2004
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 22012
- Non Response
- Assessment
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Multiple assesment methods
Face-to-face interviews and statistical data on neighbourhoods
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Visit to/from neighbours
- Our Classification
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- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- Self-report on single question:
Have you any neighbours with whom you get on so well that you visit each other?
1: yes
0: no
Observed Relation with Happiness
B's controlled for:
- neighbourhood characteristics
a) perceived local safety
b) urbanization
c) close contacts with neighbours
d) rate of removal
e) neighbourhood status
- personal characteristics
a) openness
b) conscientiousness
c) extraversion
d) agreeableness
e) neuroticism
f) external locus of control
g) internal locus of control
h) status compared to others in neighbourhood
i) gender
j) nationality
k) age and age squared
l) household income
m) education
n) marital status
o) mental health
p) physical health
q) having children
East-Germany is the former communist German Democratic Republic, which was reunited in 1990 with West-Germany.