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Correlational findings

Study Pollmann-Schult (2014): study DE 1994

Public
Working aged couples, Germany, followed at least 2 years, 1994 - 2010
Survey name
DE-SOEP
Sample
Respondents
N = 16021
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Marital status
Our Classification
Remarks
No singles, since all part of a couple
Related specification variables
Operationalization
1 remained married (reference)
0 changed from married to not married
    0a: Cohabiting
    0b: Divorced
    0c: Formerly cohabiting
    0d: Widowed

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d = CHANGE in happiness by CHANGE in marital status O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b-fix = .00 ns a: COHABITING          (vs. married)
-Women b-fix=+.004 (ns)
-Men   b-fix=-.005 (ns) O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b-fix = - p < .001 b: DIVORCED            (vs. married)
-Women b-fix=-.26 (001)
-Men   b-fix=-.49 (001) O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b-fix = - s/ns c: FORMERLY COHABITING (vs.married)
-Women b-fix=-.14 (05)
-Men   b-fix=-.11 (ns) O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b-fix = - p < .05 d: WIDOWED             (vs. married)
-Women b-fix=-.42 (001)
-Men   b-fix=-1.1 (05)


b-fix controlled for CHANGE in:
- subjective health status
- age and age squared
- indicator variables for the survey year
- number of children
- employment status
- relative time use
- equivalent household income