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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
Attends cultural events
Our Classification
Operationalization
0: Never attends cultural events
1: attends

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b-fix = +.08 p < .01 b controlled for:
- social characteristics
  - age
  - gender
  - financial situation
  - education
  - household size
  - marital status
  - employment status
  - nationality
  - accomodation
- personality traits
- absolute deprivation: lack of
  - facilities (bath, toilet, etc)
  - durables (car, telephone, etc)
  - health (bad health, disabled etc)

Random effects. Fixed effects: B = +.053 (01) O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b-fix = +.05 p < .01 b additionally controlled for:
- relative lack of
  - facilities
  - durables
  - accomodation
  - health

Random effects. Fixed effects: B = +.031 (ns)