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
- Close contact with neighbours
- Our Classification
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- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- How close is your contact with your neighbours here in the building or in this area in general?
1: No contact at all
2: Only fleeting
3: Average
4: Close
5: Very close
Observed Relation with Happiness
B's controlled for:
- neighbourhood characteristics
a) perceived local safety
b) urbanization
c) visits to/from 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.