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Correlational findings

Study Guven (2009b): study DE 1984

Public
18+ aged, households' heads, Germany, 1984-2006
Survey name
DE-SOEP
Sample
Respondents
N = 21000
Non Response
Assessment
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)

Correlate

Authors's Label
Labor force status
Our Classification
Remarks
The original happiness scale from 0 to 10 is recorded here as follow: (0,1,2): 1 (3,4): 2 (5,6): 3 (7,8): 4 (9,10): 5
Operationalization
0: Non working
   a: age 65 and older
   b: in education-training
   c: maternity leave
   d: military service
   e: unemployed
   f: semotimes secondary job
   g: but work in past 7 days
   h: but regular secondary job
1: Working
   a: but non-working past 7 days

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d DM = +- 0  M = 3.81
0a M = 3.79
0b M = 3.93
0c M = 3.92
0d M = 3.69
0e M = 3.21
0f M = 3.89
0g M = 3.73
0h M = 3.82

1  M = 3.91
1a M = 3.85
O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b = -.08 Part-time working (vs not) O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b = -.03 Not working (vs working)

Bs controlled for:
- Peronal characteristics
  - household size
  - marital status
  - health status
  - number of children
  - education
  - income
  - gender
  - age
- state
- year fixed effects