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Correlational findings

Study Cuesta & Budria (2011): study DE 2000

Public
18+ aged, heads of households, Germany, 2000-2008
Survey name
DE-SOEP
Sample
Respondents
N = 11000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Nationality
Our Classification
Error Estimates
1: M = 0,15 SD = 0,357
Operationalization
0: German (reference)
1: Foreigner

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b = +.08 p < .01 Foreigner  (vs native)

B controlled for:
- social characteristics
  - age
  - gender
  - financial situation
  - education
  - household size
  - marital status
  - employment status
- personality traits
- accomodation
- absolute lack of
  - facilities (bath, toilet, etc)
  - durables   (car, telephone, etc)
  - health     (bad health, disabled etc)
O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b = +.07 p < .01 B additionally controlled for:
- relative (instead of absolute) lack of
  - income
  - savings
  - facilities
  - durables
  - accomodation
  - health
O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b = +.08 p < .01 B controlled for:
- social characteristics
- personality traits
- absolute lack
- relative lack

All Bs based on Probit adapted OLS. Random effects model