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
- Physical health
- Our Classification
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- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- Self-report on two questions:
Please think about the last four weeks. How often did it occur within this period of time that due to physical health problems:
a) you achieved less than you wanted to at work or in everyday tasks?
b) you carried out your work or everyday tasks less thoroughly than usual?
Rated:
1 Always
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5 Never
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
- personality traits
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) mental health
o) marital status
p) having children
East-Germany is the former communist German Democratic Republic, which was reunited in 1990 with West-Germany.