Study Dittmann & Goebel (2010): study DE 2000

Public

17+ aged general public, Germany, followed 7 years, 2000-2006

Survey name

DE-SOEP

Sample

Respondents

N = 27249

Non Response

Assessment

Multiple assesment methods
Face-to-face interviews and statistical data on neighbourhoods

Correlate

Authors's Label

Neighbourhood status

Our Classification

Remarks

2006-data of the Micromarketing-Systeme and Consult GmbH (microm) are used to determine neighbourhood status.

Related specification variables

Operationalization

Socio-economic status of the neighbourhood is a nine-scale index based, inter alia, on the neighbourhood characteristics:
a) level of occupation
b) rate of self-employment
c) purchasing power
d) registered car

1: lowest status
2: considerably below the average
3: below the average
4: slightly below the average
5: average status (reference)
6: slightly above the average
7: above the average
8: considerably above the average
9: highest status

Observed Relation with Happiness