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Correlational findings

Study Noll & Weick (2015): study DE 2010

Public
16+ aged, general public, Germany, 2010
Survey name
DE-SOEP 2010
Sample
Respondents
N = 30000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Employment status
Our Classification
Operationalization
Selfreport on employment status:
a. employed (reference)
b. not employed
c. retired
d. in education
e. unemployed

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-bd b = +.04 ns NOT EMPLOYED (vs employed) O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-bd b = +.04 ns B specially controlled for
-Total household consumption expenditures (ln) O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-bd b = +.10 p < .05 B specially controlled for
-Household net income (ln) O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-bd b = +.09 p < .05 B specially controlled for
-Household net income (ln)
-Total household consumption expenditures (ln) O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-bd b = +.10 p < .001 B specially controlled for
-Expenditures in 11 categories O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-bd b = +.09 ns RETIRED    (vs employed) O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-bd b = +.12 p < .05 B specially controlled for
-Total household consumption expenditures (ln) O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-bd b = +.21 p < .001 B specially controlled for
-Household net income (ln) O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-bd b = +.20 p < .001 B specially controlled for
-Household net income (ln)
-Total household consumption expenditures (ln) O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-bd b = +.16 p < .001 B specially controlled for
-Expenditures in 11 categories O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-bd b = +.20 p < .05 IN EDUCATION (vs employed) O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-bd b = +.15 ns B specially controlled for
-Total household consumption expenditures (ln) O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-bd b = +.21 p < .05 B specially controlled for
-Household net income (ln) O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-bd b = +.18 p < .05 B specially controlled for
-Household net income (ln)
-Total household consumption expenditures (ln) O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-bd b = +.10 ns B specially controlled for
-Expenditures in 11 categories O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-bd b = -.88 p < .001 UNEMPLOYED   (vs employed) O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-bd b = -.80 p < .001 B specially controlled for
-Total household consumption expenditures (ln) O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-bd b = -.72 p < .001 B specially controlled for
-Household net income (ln) O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-bd b = -.71 p < .001 B specially controlled for
-Household net income (ln)
-Total household consumption expenditures (ln) O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-bd b = -.65 p < .001 B specially controlled for
-Expenditures in 11 categories

All the above B's controlled for
-Region in Germany
-Age
-Marital status
-Education
-Self-rated health status