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Correlational findings

Study Kopmann & Rehdanz (2014): study DE 2004

Public
Working age people, Germany, followed 5 years 2004-2009
Survey name
DE-SOEP 2006
Sample
Respondents
N = 10123
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Marital status
Our Classification
Operationalization
a Married (reference)
b Single
c Separated
d Divorced
e Widowed

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b = -.05 ns Single    (vs. married) O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b = -.39 ns Separated (vs. married) O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b = -.20 ns Divorced  (vs. married) O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b = -.51 ns Widowed   (vs. married)

b's controlled for:
- Gender
- People (household size))
- Number of children
- Disabled or not
- Health
- Income
- Spouse in foreign country
- Years of education
- Working status
- German citizen or not
- Moving within or across municipalities


Additional control for labor market region effects did not effect b.