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Correlational findings

Study Obucina (2013): study DE 1994

Public
18-65 aged general public, Germany, followed 16 years, 1994-2009
Survey name
DE-SOEP
Sample
Respondents
N = 209989
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
West/East Germany
Our Classification
Remarks
East-Germany entails the area of the former Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR). West-Germany entails the former Bundes Republik Deutschland (BDR). They were reunited in 1990 into Germany.
Operationalization
Place of residence:
1: West-Germany
0: East-Germany

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b = +.19 p < .01 B controlled for:
- Relative deprivation
- Household income
- Household composition
- Age
- Gender
- Marital status
- Education
- Country of birth
- Employment status
- House ownership
- Savings
- Health
- Year controls