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
- Age and age squared
- Our Classification
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- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- a: Age in years
b: Age squared
Observed Relation with Happiness
In West-Germany
In West-Germany
B's controlled for:
- neighbourhood characteristics
a) perceived local safety
b) neighbourhood status
c) social contact with neighbours
d) rate of removal
e) urbanization
- personal characteristics
a) conscientiousness
b) extraversion
c) agreeableness
d) neuroticism
e) external locus of control
f) internal locus of control
g) status compared to others in neighbourhood
h) openness
i) nationality
j) gender
k) household income
l) education
m) marital status
n) mental health
o) physical health
p) having children
East-Germany is the former communist German Democratic Republic, which was reunited in 1990 with West-Germany.