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Correlational findings

Study Pfaff & Hirata (2013): study DE West Germany 1984

Public
18+ aged general public, (West-)Germany, followed 24 years,1984-2010
Survey name
DE-SOEP combined waves
Sample
Respondents
N = 318346
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Regional GDP
Our Classification
Distribution
Mean: 24941; SD: 5420
Operationalization
Regional GDP/capita in price level of 1995 (euro)

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b-fix = +.07 ns CURRENT HAPPINESS by CURRENT regional GDP/captia O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b-fix = +.13 ns CURRENT happiness by PAST regional GDP/Capital (t-1) O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b-fix = -.31 ns CURRENT Happiness (T) by CHANGE in regional GDP/capita (T-2 to T-1) O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b-fix = +.26 p < .10 CURRENT Happiness (T) by CHANGE in regional GDP/capita (T-1 to T)

b's controlled for:
- Age squared
- Marital status
- Number of children in the household
- Health satisfaction
- Employment status
- House ownership
- Person requiring health in the household
- Self-administerd-interview
- Household income growth