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Correlational findings

Study Pannenberg & Goerke (2013): study DE 2008

Public
17-65 aged general public, Germany, 2008-2010
Survey name
DE-SOEP combined waves
Sample
Respondents
N = 1031
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Correlate

Authors's Label
Perceived relative gross income
Our Classification
Distribution
Mean (S.D.)
a) your neighbours: 2.707 (1.109)
b) your friends: 2.829 (0.899)
c) your collegaues at the workplace: 2.853 (0.772)
d) other people in your occupation: 2.813 (0.737)
e) people of your age: 2.844 (0.914)
f) your parents when they were young: 3.388 (1.272)
g) your partner: 3.073 (1.390)
h) other women: 2.555 (1.034)
i) other men: 3.148 (1.003)
Operationalization
Answer to the following quesiton:
And how high is your gross income in comparison to the followng people:
a) your neighbours
b) your friends
c) your collegaues at the workplace
d) other people in your occupation
e) people of your age
f) your parents when they were young
g) your partner
h) other women
i) other men

Rated:
1: much lower
:
5:  much higher

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b = ns a) your neighbours O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b = +.10 p < .10 b) your friends O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b = +.13 p < .10 c) your collegaues at the workplace O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b = +.23 ns d) other people in your occupation O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b = ns e) people of your age O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b = ns f) your parents when they were young O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b = ns g) your partner O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b = ns h) other women O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b = ns i) other men