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Correlational findings

Study Hochman & Skopek (2013): study DE 2006

Public
50+ aged general public, Germany, 2006
Survey name
SHARE
Sample
Respondents
N = 2390
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Subjective Economic Hardship
Our Classification
Remarks
1 and 2 combined to create dummy variable for economic hardship
Distribution
26 % difficulty (1+2)
Operationalization
Self-evaluation of ability to ' make ends meet' 1: with great difficulty
2
3
4  easily

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLu-u-sq-n-11-c Beta = -.46 p < .001 Beta controlled for:
  - gender
  - household size
  - age
   -migrant status
  - married
  - education
  - child
  - employed, unemployed,
  - homemaker
  - health
  - income
  - wealth controlled for debts