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Correlational findings

Study Vendrik (2013): study DE 1984

Public
27-59 aged general public, (West-)Germany, followed at least 6 years,1984-2007
Survey name
DE-SOEP combined waves
Sample
Respondents
N = 60984
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Effects of reference income
Our Classification
Operationalization
Social reference income: average household-equivalent income in individual-specific peer groups of same sex, similar age and education

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b-fix = -.10 ns Short run effect of social reference income (ln) O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b-fix = -.24 ns Reinforcement of social reference income (ln) O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b-fix = -.34 ns Long-run effect of social reference income (ln)

Controlled for:
- wealth
- actual working hours
- employment situation
- kind of job
- age
- years of education
- hospital stay (dummy)
- number of adults & children in the household
- marital situation
- living region
- type of household