Study Dittmann & Goebel (2010): study DE 2004
- Public
- 17+ aged, general public, Germany, 2004
- Survey name
- DE-SOEP 2004
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 22012
- Non Response
- Assessment
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Multiple assesment methods
Face-to-face interviews and statistical data on neighbourhoods
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Relative status compared to others in neighbourhood
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- 2006-data of the Micromarketing-Systeme and Consult GmbH (microm) are used to determine neighbourhood size. Life satisfaction and household income measures are derived from SOEP 2004.
- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- The difference between equalized household income from the previous year, recoded to cover nine quantiles, and the neighbourhood status, which also describes nine quantiles and is based on neighbourhood characteristics as:
- level of occupation
- rate of self-employment
- purchasing power
- registered car
Rescaled to:
- Positive
- No difference
- Negative
Observed Relation with Happiness
In West-Germany
In West-Germany
B's controlled for:
- neighbourhood characteristics
a) perceived local safety
b) urbanization
c) social contact with neighbours
d) rate of removal
e) neighbourhood status
- personal characteristics
a) openness
b) conscientiousness
c) extraversion
d) agreeableness
e) neuroticism
f) external locus of control
g) internal locus of control
h) gender
i) nationality
j) age and age squared
k) household income
l) education
m) marital status
n) mental health
o) physical health
p) having children
East-Germany is the former communist German Democratic Republic, which was reunited in 1990 with West-Germany.