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Correlational findings

Study Easterlin & Plagnol (2008): study DE East Germany 1991

Public
16+ aged, general public, East Germany, followed 1- 14 years, Germany, 1991-2004
Survey name
DE-SOEP
Sample
Respondents
N = 48688
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Being unemployed
Our Classification
Operationalization
Self-report on single question:
Are you officially registered as unemployed at the Employment Office ("Arbeitsamt")?
1: yes
0: no

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b = -.42 p < .01 CHANGE in happiness by CHANGE in employment status

B controlled for:
- satisfaction with income
- household income
- age
- marital status