SOEP-Suche

Number of Close Friends and Their Links to Life Satisfaction Over the Great Recession in Germany

The present study tested if worries about the economy was associated with life satisfaction and if this association was mediated by individuals’ self-reported number of close friends. A longitudinal mediation model was employed across three time points with data from the beginning of the recession in 2008, the midst of the recession in 2011, and the recovery phase in 2013. A diverse sample of German ...

Owner-Occupied Housing in Germany: The Impact of Housing Policy on Household Tenure and Relocation Choice (Dissertation)

Application of Hazard Models to Estimation of Unemployment Duration in Germany and Poland

An Attempt to Classify Satisfaction Changes: Methodological and Content Aspects of a Longitudinal Problem

Germany After Unification: Still a Twofold Society

Duration and Intensity of Kindergarten Attendance and Secondary School Track Choice

Summary of Young People´s Pathways into Work

Desired Lifetime and End-of-Life Desires Across Adulthood From 20 to 90: A Dual-Source Information Model

On Differentiating Adaptation From Disposition Concepts: The Case of Age-Associated Dynamics of Life Satisfaction

Short assessment of the Big Five: robust across survey methods except telephone interviewing

We examined measurement invariance and agerelated robustness of a short 15-item Big Five Inventory (BFI–S) of personality dimensions, which is well suited for applications in large-scale multidisciplinary surveys. The BFI–S was assessed in three different interviewing conditions: computer-assisted or paper-assisted face-to-face interviewing, computer-assisted telephone interviewing, and a self-administered ...