| Publication |
| Author(s) | Headey, B.; Muffels, R.; Wooden, M. |
| Title | Money does not Buy Happiness...Or does it?
A Reconsideration Based on the Combined Effects of Wealth, Income and Consumption. |
| Source | Social Indicators Research, 2008, Vol. 87, 65 - 82 |
| DOI | DOI:10.1007/s11205-007-9146-y |
| Investigation |
| Public | 16+ aged, general public, Germany 2002 |
| Survey name | Not available |
| | The German Social Economic Panel (GSOEP) started in West Germany in 1984 with 12541 respondents aged 16 and over. It was extended to East Germany in 1990 and has been augmente with further samples to include immigrants and members of 'policy groups'. |
| Sample | Probability simple random sample |
| | Sample was taken from the GSOEP |
| Respondents N = | 9958 |
| | N = 17785 for the first two correlations with income and income + wealth.
N = 9431 for all other correlations |
| Non Response | Not available |
| Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
| General remarks | Earlier published as Discussion paper no. 1218 July 2004 IZA |
| Happiness measure(s) used |
| Author's label | | Our subject description |
| Age | show | Current age (in years) |
| Bad health | show | Symptoms of bad health |
| Education (years) | show | Development of one's education |
| Equivalised household income / 1000 | show | Household income |
| Household income | show | Household income |
| Household income | show | Total wealth, also classified as above ↑ |
| In working force | show | Current employment status |
| Net worth | show | Current possessions |
| Net worth | show | Debts, also classified as above ↑ |
| Not named | show | Socio-demographic + health + social ties |
| Partnered | show | Living as married |
| Partnered | show | Married state (compared to non-married states), also classified as above ↑ |
| Partnered | show | Steady love-relation, also classified as above ↑ |
| Sex | show | Sex (male vs female) |
| Unemployed | show | Unemployed involuntary |