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Correlational findings

Study Winkelmann (2004): study XZ Germany West 1984

Public
Parents and their 16+ aged children, West-Germany, followed from 1984 to 1997
Sample
Respondents
N = 1309
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
With all household members

Correlate

Authors's Label
Interdependence of long-term subjective well-being among spouses
Our Classification
Remarks
Happiness assessed every year during 14 years. Calculated using bi-variate cross-tabulation of responses to the same question on life satisfaction at the same time.
Distribution
35% of the cases the responses among spouses coincide exactly as compared to 9 % of perfect agreement to be expected under complete randomness. (14970 person-year observations for 1309 different families)
Operationalization
Correspondence in reported life satisfaction of spouses during this 14 year period.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d Chi² = 3,87 O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d Beta = +.20 Control variables are:
- age
- gender
- employment
- self rated health
- family income
- number of persons in the household
- trend over time