Study Koczan (2013a): study DE 1984 /1
- Public
- 16+ aged immigrants, Germany, followed 1-26 years, 1984-2010
- Survey name
- DE-SOEP
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 3741
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- German literacy
- Our Classification
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- Distribution
- 1: 84%
- Operationalization
- Self-report on single question:
What's the case with you personally: How well do you know German?
a) Speaking
b) Writing
Scaled:
1 not at all
:
5 very well
Classified into:
a)
1: speaks German
0: does not speak German
b)
1: writes German
0: does not write German
Observed Relation with Happiness
CHANGE in happiness by CHANGE in German speaking ability.
CHANGE in happiness by CHANGE in German writing ability.
B controlled for:
- Age
- Years of education
- Marital status
- Immigrant status
- Employed
- Works in occupation trained for
- House ownership
- Parental education
- Urban/rural childhood
- Health
- Identity
CURRENT in happiness by CURRENT German speaking ability.
CURRENT in happiness by CURRENT German writing ability.
B additionally controlled for:
- Gender
- Years since migration
- German citizenship