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Correlational findings

Study Winkelmann (2006): study DE 2000

Public
16-18 aged, Germany, 2000-2001
Survey name
DE-SOEP 2000
Sample
Respondents
N = 640
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Territory of former West Germany
Our Classification
Remarks
East Germany was a communist country between 1945-1990
Distribution
M =0,0.684 (68%), SD = 0,465
Operationalization
Living in the territory of former
1 West Germany
0 East-Germany

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-c-sq-n-11-a OPRC = +.38 p < .05 OPRC controlled for:
- non-intact family
- household income
- having an own room
- being a single child
- gender
- German nationality
- Being in school
- Engaged in vocational training
- work
- lives at home
- region of childhood (mid-sized city,small-city, rural area)
O-HL-c-sq-n-11-a OPRC = +.33 ns OPRC additionally controlled for
- type of school(hauptschule, realschule, gymnasium)
- good student
- repeat a grade
- education of parents(father gymnasium, mother gymnasium)
- log number of books in the household