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Correlational findings

Study Easterlin & Plagnol (2008): study DE West Germany 1984

Public
16+ aged, European immigrants, West Germany, Germany, followed 1-21 years, 1984-2004
Survey name
DE-SOEP
Sample
Respondents
N = 24930
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Trend in era
Our Classification
Remarks
West-Germany entails the area of the former Bundes Republik Deutschland (BRD), which was reunited in 1990 with the DDR (former East-Germany).
Operationalization
T1: Happiness of immigrants in West-Germany  in 1984
T2: Happiness of immigrants in West-Germany  in 2004

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b = -.66 AVERAGE T2 happiness by AVERAGE T1 happiness O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b = -1.4 CHANGE in happiness over 21 year period ONLY for persons who were followed 21 years.

B's not controlled