Study Chadi (2018): study DE 2003
- Public
- 18+ aged. general public, Germany 2003-2008
- Survey name
- DE-SOEP
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 101391
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Smoking Ban
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- During 2007 and 2008 smoking bans were gradually implemented in all of Germany’s sixteen federal states to prohibit smoking in bars, restaurants, and dance clubs
- Distribution
- N=101,391 M:6,872
- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- Prohibition of smoking in bars, restaurants and dancings
1 Teatment group: followed 2003 to 2006
Before and after smoking ban in their region
0 Control group: (2007 and 2008)
No smoking ban in their region
Observed Relation with Happiness
Raise among non-smokers
Likely non-smokers b-fix = -.06 (05)
b-fix values equal a 0,8% decline of happiness in smokers and 0,9% in nin-smokers
Stronger negative (-2%) among smokers who regularly visit bars
b-fix controled for
-Age
-Skilled
-Education
-Health
-Marital status
-Children
-Income
-Living area
-Work experience
-Work hour
-Labor force
-Being empolyed
-Unemployment
-Being foreigners
-Student
-State level