Study Dittmann & Goebel (2010): study DE 2000
- Public:
- 17+ aged general public, Germany, followed 7 years, 2000-2006
- Survey name:
- DE-SOEP
- Sample:
- Respondents:
- N = 27249
- Non Response:
- Assessment:
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Multiple asesment methods
Face-to-face interviews and statistical data on neighbourhoods
Correlate
- Authors's label
- Subjective health state
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Self-report on single question:
How would you describe your current health?
1: bad
2: poor
3: satisfactory
4: good
5: very good (reference)
Observed Relation with Happiness
In West-Germany
In West-Germany
In West-Germany
In West-Germany
B's controlled for:
- neighbourhood characteristics
a)rate of people moving out the neighbourhood
b)status of neighbourhood
- status relative to others in neighbourhood
- nationality
- status of neighbourhood
- income
- education
- age and age squared
- marital status
- having children
- city size
- survey year
East-Germany is the former communist German Democratic Republic, which was reunited in 1990 with West-Germany.