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
- Doctor visits (>12 per year)
- Our Classification
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- Distribution
- 1: M = 0,298 SD = 0,457
- Operationalization
- 1: > 12 per year
0: < 12 per year (reference)
Observed Relation with Happiness
B controlled for:
- social characteristics
- age
- gender
- financial situation
- education
- household size
- marital status
- employment status
- nationality
- accomodation
- personality traits
- absolute lack of
- savings
- facilities (bath, toilet, etc)
- durables (car, telephone, etc)
- health (bad health, disabled.)
Random effects. Fixed effects: B = -.044 (01)
- absolute lack of
- social life
Random effects. Fixed effects: B = -.041 (ns)
- relative lack of
- facilities
- durables
- accomodation
- health
Random effects. Fixed effects: B = -.004 (ns)
No significant change when B additionally controlled for:
- relative lack of
- social life