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Correlational findings

Study Christoph (2010): study DE 2007 /1

Public
17+ aged, general public, Germany, 2007
Survey name
DE-SOEP 2007
Sample
Respondents
N = 11424
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Debt (in 10,000 Euro)
Our Classification
Remarks
Wealth indicator on the household level was transformed into available wealth 'per capita' before being logged
Distribution
M=1.5
Operationalization
Loans and consumer credits

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d OLRC = -.05 p < .001 No controls O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d OLRCs = -.11 p < .001 OLRC-S and OLRC controlled for:
- household income
- savings
- East Germany (dummy)
- nationality
- gender
- age
- marital status
- education
- health
- employment status
O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d OLRC = -.04 p < .001 O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-d OLRCs = -.08 p < .001 OLRC-S and OLRC additionally controlled for:
- deprivation index