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
- Widowed (vs married)
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Re-ordered by World Database of Happiness team.
- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- Self-report on single question:
What is your marital status?
1: Married
0: Widowed
Observed Relation with Happiness
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) age and age squared
k) household income
l) education
m) gender
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.