Study Boyce & Wood (2011): study DE 2005
- Public
- 17-96 aged, general public Germany, followed 4 years 2005-2008
- Survey name
- DE-SOEP combined waves
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 54460
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Montly household income (log)
- Our Classification
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- Distribution
- Mean: 2801; S.D.: 1793.2
- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- Change Montly household income (log), in Euros
Observed Relation with Happiness
Beta (+.487), based on pooled OLS, controled for:
- age
- sexe
- Household size (log)
- Marital status
- Employment status
- Disabled
- Child dummy
b unaffected by additional control for:
- personality
- year
- region
Similar among males (+.46) and females (+.42)
Beta (+.165), based on fixed effects, controlled for
- household size (log)
- marital status
- children (dummy)
- year
- region
Stronger among males (+.21) than females (+.15)
Interaction with personality:
- stronger among the conscientiousness (males) and neurotics (males and females)
- unaffected by openness, extraversion and agreeableness