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Correlational findings

Study Wunder (2008): study DE 1985

Public
18+ aged general public, Germany, followed 21 years, 1985-2006
Survey name
DE-SOEP combined waves
Sample
Respondents
N = 23757
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Home owner
Our Classification
Distribution
Mean: 0.511; SD: 0.500
Operationalization
Home owner: 1 if yes, 0 if no

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b-fix = +.02 ns Last year CHANGE in happiness (T - T-1) by CHANGE in home ownership

b controlled for:
- Household income
- Household size
- Years of education
- Marital status
- Employment status