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Correlational findings

Study Fitzroy et al. (2013): study DE 2000

Public
18+ aged general public, Germany, 2000-2010
Survey name
DE-SOEP combined waves
Sample
Respondents
N = 212650
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Comparison income
Our Classification
Distribution
West Germany: M=2871; SD=799
East Germany: M=2240; SD=562
Related specification variables
Operationalization
Agerage income of similar people. Same:
- Gender
- Age (-3 years to +6 years)
- Education
- Living in the same region in the same year

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b-fix = +.00 ns West-Germany, all O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b-fix = +.21 p < .05 West-Germany, age <45 O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b-fix = -.21 p < .05 West-Germany, with age >= 45 O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b-fix = -.01 ns East-Germany, all O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b-fix = +.13 ns Only East-Germany, with age <45 O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b-fix = -.11 ns East-Germany, with age >=45

b's controlled for:
- Marriage
- Cohabiting
- Children
- Health status
- Education
- Work status
- Interview form
- Time in panel
- Year of last interview
- Household size
- Age group
- Year of survey
- Regional/Federal unemployment