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: telephone (CATI)
Correlate
- Authors's label
- Marital status
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Individual is:
a) married
b) separated
c) divorced
d) widowed
e) single (reference group)
Observed Relation with Happiness
All betas, based upon fixed effects, controlled for:
- Monthly household income (log)
- Household size (log)
- Employment status
- Disabled
- Child dummy
Similar results for pooled OLS.