Study Knabe et al. (2009): study DE 2008
- Public
- Fulltime employed and long-term unemployed, Germany, 2008
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 737
- Non Response
- 23
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Physical well-being yesterday compared to an average day
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Answer on the question "How was your psychical well-being yesterday compared to how it usually is?":
1 Much worse and worse
2 Pretty typical (reference group)
3 Better and much better
Observed Relation with Happiness
B's are controlled for:
- employment status in week and weekend
- income
- cohabiting
- education
- health satisfaction
- children
- age
- general goodness of previous day
- goodness of work on previous day
B +.50 means that if the psychical well-being was better yesterday than it usually is, the current day goes with +.50 points more happiness on the happiness scale -10-10.