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Correlational findings

Study Cuesta & Budria (2011): study DE 2000

Public
18+ aged, heads of households, Germany, 2000-2008
Survey name
DE-SOEP
Sample
Respondents
N = 11000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Attends cinema, concerts
Our Classification
Remarks
In original: Never attends. Reversed by WDH team.
Distribution
0: M = 0,238 SD = 0,426
Operationalization
0: Never attends cinema, concerts
1: attends

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b-fix = +.05 p < .01 b controlled for:
- social characteristics
  - age
  - gender
  - financial situation
  - education
  - household size
  - marital status
  - employment status
  - nationality
  - accomodation
- personality traits
- absolute deprivation: lack of
  - facilities (bath, toilet, etc)
  - durables (car, telephone, etc)
  - health (bad health, disabled etc)

Random effects. Fixed effects: B = -.007 (ns)
O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d b-fix = +.07 p < .01 B additionally controlled for:
- relative deprivation
  - facilities
  - durables
  - accomodation
  - health

Random effects. Fixed effects: B = -.034 (ns)