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Correlational findings

Study Knabe & Rätzel (2010): study DE 1999

Public
18-65 aged working couples, Germany, followed 7 years, 1999-2006
Survey name
DE-SOEP combined waves
Sample
Respondents
N = 16937
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Correlate

Authors's Label
Health
Our Classification
Operationalization
Self rated f health (question nor reported)
1:  bad
:
5: very good

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-a b-fix = +.25 p < .01 Women's happiness by own health O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-a b-fix = +.07 p < .01 Men's hapiness by wifes health O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-a b-fix = +.06 p < .01 Women's happiness by husbands health O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-a b-fix = +.25 p < .01 Men's happiness by own health

b's based on Probit-adjusted OLS, controlled for:
- age
- own health
- spuces health
- individual fixed effects
- time fixed effects

Unaffected by working hours.