Study Boyce & Wood (2011): study DE 2005

Public

17-96 aged, general public Germany, followed 4 years 2005-2008

Survey name

DE-SOEP combined waves

Sample

Respondents

N = 54460

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Correlate

Authors's Label

Marital status

Our Classification

Distribution

Mean (S.D.)
a) married: 0.63 (0.48)
b) Separated: 0.02 (0.13)
c) divorced: 0.08 (0.27)
d) widowed: 0.06 (0.24)

Operationalization

Individual is:
a) married
b) separated
c) divorced
d) widowed
e) single (reference group)

Observed Relation with Happiness