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Correlational findings

Study Gray (2014): study DE 2002

Public
Heads of households, Germany, 2002, 2007
Survey name
DE-SOEP
Sample
Respondents
N = 7712
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Never married/Widow/Divorced
Our Classification
Distribution
A: M = 0,155 SD = 0,362; B: M = 0,091 SD = 0,287; C: M = 0,137 SD = 0,344
Operationalization
A: Never married
B: Widow
C: Divorced

Rated as:
1: Yes
2: No

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d OPRC = -.26 ns FIXED EFFECTS analysis

Never married (vs not)
O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d OPRC = +.07 ns Widow         (vs not) O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d OPRC = -.39 p < .05 Divorced      (vs not) O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d OPRC = -.11 ns BIVARIATE analysis (Joint modelling of Life satisfaction and Financial concerns)

Never married (vs not)
O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d OPRC = +.03 ns Widow         (vs not) O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d OPRC = -.13 ns Divorced      (vs not)

OPRCs controlled for:
- financial situation
  - financial concerns
  - total assets
  - household income
  - debt
  - net wealth
- social situation
  - household size
  - employment
  - education
- health
- age