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Studies

Chadi (2018): study DE 2003

Publication

Author(s):
Chadi, C.
Title:
Smoking Bans, Leisure Time, and Subjective Well-being
Source:
Conference Paper, Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2018: Digitale Wirtschaft - Session: Effects of Public Policies, No. B21-V1

Investigation

Public
18+ aged. general public, Germany 2003-2008
Survey name
DE-SOEP
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 101391
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking all things together, how satisfied are you with your life these days? Please answer with the help of this scale. For instance, when you are totally satisfied with your life, please tick '10'. When you are totally unsatisfied with your life, please tick '0'. You may use all values in between to indicate that you are neither totally satisfied nor totally unsatisfied."
10 totally satisfied
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0  totally unsatisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d
Author's label:
Life Satisfaction
Page in publication:
8-9, 24
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 0 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.87 6.87
SD:
1.79 1.79

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Smoking Ban Effect of smoking bans
Change in freedom to smoke
Age Current age (in years) Skilled Skill level of occupation
Occupational competences
Education Level of school-education Health Visits to doctor Marital Status Married state (compared to non-married states) Children Number of children Income Household income Living area Rural dwelling (vs urban) Work experience Earlier years worked Work hours Full-time vs part-time Out of labor force Not in labor force Being unemployed Unemployed Unemployment rate in region Unemployment in region Foreigners in region Immigrants in region Students in region Share of students in region Average age in region Age composition in region Likely smoker Use of tobacco R2 Summed effects of environmental + individual characteristics (macro + micro)X