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Correlational findings

Study Pfeifer (2013): study DE 2003

Public
16+ aged general public, Germany, followed 5 years, 2003-2008
Survey name
DE-SOEP combined waves
Sample
Respondents
N = 9972
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Correlate

Authors's Label
Subjective health status
Our Classification
Remarks
In original 1 very good; scale reversed by WDH team
Distribution

M=2,53; SD=0,89
Operationalization
Self-assessed health (full question not reported)
5: very good
;
1: bad

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b-fix = +.53 p < .01 b controlled for:
- marital status
- number of close friends
- household income
- number of persons in household
- german citizenship
- age
- employment status
- educational career
- year dummy 2008
- regions