Table 8 Satisfaction with leisure and job

Age: 26–35 Years (Ref: 18–25)

−0.2880***

−0.4631***

−0.1178

−0.3321**

−0.2017

−0.3002

−0.1251

−0.4024*

0.0938

0.3203**

0.3448*

0.3128*

(0.1054)

(0.1549)

(0.1459)

(0.1489)

(0.2100)

(0.2119)

(0.1451)

(0.2134)

(0.1994)

(0.1318)

(0.1949)

(0.1793)

Age: 36–45 Years

−0.0476

−0.1520

0.0483

−0.1694

−0.2576

−0.0579

0.0992

0.0594

0.0895

−0.0087

0.0407

0.0250

(0.1125)

(0.1732)

(0.1520)

(0.1603)

(0.2638)

(0.2127)

(0.1559)

(0.2327)

(0.2173)

(0.1489)

(0.2338)

(0.1924)

Age: 46–55 Years

0.0110

−0.3354*

0.2680

−0.1354

−0.5203*

0.2223

0.1182

−0.1515

0.2932

−0.0740

−0.0175

−0.0785

(0.1215)

(0.1832)

(0.1649)

(0.1730)

(0.2668)

(0.2306)

(0.1695)

(0.2534)

(0.2305)

(0.1632)

(0.2421)

(0.2187)

Age: 56–65 Years

0.4875***

0.2604

0.7851***

0.3794*

0.1643

0.7545**

0.4146

0.1617

0.6215

−0.1345

0.0774

−0.4977

(0.1679)

(0.2336)

(0.2522)

(0.2210)

(0.3177)

(0.3213)

(0.2539)

(0.3373)

(0.4088)

(0.2195)

(0.2991)

(0.3610)

Female

0.0387

−0.2256**

0.1790*

0.1368

(0.0706)

(0.0992)

(0.0972)

(0.0898)

Children

−0.3808***

−0.1028

−0.5607***

−0.5196***

−0.0856

−0.6804***

−0.4642***

−0.2240

−0.6501***

0.1549

0.4198***

−0.0777

(0.0773)

(0.1181)

(0.1038)

(0.1098)

(0.1667)

(0.1513)

(0.1078)

(0.1625)

(0.1471)

(0.0995)

(0.1485)

(0.1365)

School: Intermediate School (Ref: Secondary School)

−0.0782

−0.0750

−0.0866

−0.0050

0.0647

0.0486

−0.0925

−0.0263

−0.1704

0.0633

−0.0956

0.1559

(0.0880)

(0.1353)

(0.1171)

(0.1197)

(0.1835)

(0.1593)

(0.1271)

(0.1926)

(0.1722)

(0.1200)

(0.1774)

(0.1655)

School: Upper School

−0.3790***

−0.2689*

−0.4525***

−0.5524***

−0.5721***

−0.4148**

−0.1861

−0.0217

−0.3667*

0.1145

0.0675

0.0675

(0.0989)

(0.1454)

(0.1374)

(0.1316)

(0.1921)

(0.1855)

(0.1488)

(0.2279)

(0.2037)

(0.1359)

(0.2022)

(0.1900)

Vocational Degree

−0.2893***

−0.5179***

−0.0964

−0.1256

−0.2394

−0.0425

−0.1755

−0.4404**

0.0349

−0.0705

−0.1207

−0.0510

(0.0842)

(0.1330)

(0.1108)

(0.1231)

(0.2060)

(0.1560)

(0.1162)

(0.1754)

(0.1597)

(0.1037)

(0.1530)

(0.1432)

College Degree

−0.2617**

−0.3052*

−0.1755

0.1379

0.2345

0.1300

−0.3802**

−0.4058*

−0.3303

−0.2595*

−0.1966

−0.2562

(0.1116)

(0.1709)

(0.1498)

(0.1724)

(0.2489)

(0.2320)

(0.1489)

(0.2305)

(0.2011)

(0.1349)

(0.2081)

(0.1799)

Health: Normal (Ref: Good)

−0.5488***

−0.6113***

−0.4803***

−0.5641***

−0.5285***

−0.5242***

−0.4847***

−0.5555***

−0.4687***

−0.0913

−0.3169**

0.0934

(0.0815)

(0.1240)

(0.1085)

(0.1150)

(0.1775)

(0.1512)

(0.1131)

(0.1672)

(0.1578)

(0.1022)

(0.1549)

(0.1375)

Health: Bad

−0.5538***

−0.6497***

−0.4671***

−0.4228***

−0.6583***

−0.1654

−0.9381***

−0.8034**

−1.0743***

−0.6645***

−1.0775***

−0.3467

(0.1284)

(0.2030)

(0.1642)

(0.1591)

(0.2453)

(0.2059)

(0.2047)

(0.3313)

(0.2624)

(0.2056)

(0.3565)

(0.2441)

Household Income

−0.3000***

−0.3232***

−0.3098***

−0.1253

−0.1193

−0.1599

−0.1872**

−0.1764

−0.2239*

0.0867

0.0518

0.0829

(0.0583)

(0.0841)

(0.0801)

(0.0769)

(0.1068)

(0.1100)

(0.0907)

(0.1404)

(0.1200)

(0.0867)

(0.1336)

(0.1177)

German

0.4549***

0.4730**

0.4703**

0.2851

0.0665

0.4879*

0.5416***

0.6940**

0.3783

0.1810

0.2283

0.2070

(0.1458)

(0.2194)

(0.1936)

(0.2053)

(0.3457)

(0.2560)

(0.2008)

(0.2693)

(0.3050)

(0.1791)

(0.2331)

(0.2874)

Unemployment Rate

0.0291

0.0211

0.0436

0.0928

0.1592

0.0417

−0.08 82

−0.1774

−0.0194

0.1117

0.2210**

0.0140

(0.0552)

(0.0828)

(0.0743)

(0.0759)

(0.1200)

(0.0979)

(0.0787)

(0.1130)

(0.1094)

(0.0684)

(0.0995)

(0.0955)

Year 2008

0.0793

−0.0003

0.1635

0.1658

0.2177

0.1227

−0.0186

−0.2504

0.1733

0.2729*

0.2921

0.2302

(0.1172)

(0.1783)

(0.1558)

(0.1693)

(0.2755)

(0.2132)

(0.1606)

(0.2336)

(0.2218)

(0.1397)

(0.2170)

(0.1856)

Overall Life Satisfaction

0.3446***

0.3032***

0.3839***

0.3425***

0.3333***

0.3600***

0.3991***

0.3616***

0.4307***

0.4956***

0.5353***

0.4715***

(0.0224)

(0.0324)

(0.0309)

(0.0297)

(0.0433)

(0.0411)

(0.0343)

(0.0475)

(0.0493)

(0.0327)

(0.0485)

(0.0448)

Federal States

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Constant

6.5444***

6.8709***

6.2241***

4.9987***

4.0693**

5.2706***

6.10 70***

6.8888***

5.9717***

1.5065

0.8322

2.4563*

(0.7861)

(1.2210)

(1.0345)

(1.0635)

(1.7082)

(1.4012)

(1.1386)

(1.7428)

(1.5072)

(1.0131)

(1.4901)

(1.3693)

R ²

0.1497

0.1568

0.1647

0.1810

0.2340

0.1766

0.1741

0.1607

0.2104

0.2263

0.2892

0.1909

Adjusted R ²

0.1427

0.1414

0.1529

0.1675

0.2034

0.1541

0.1604

0.1313

0.1865

0.2135

0.2644

0.1664

F-Test

20.2095

11.0830

12.6462

13.1800

7.6411

7.8580

12.20

6.44

8.45

14.7355

10.7872

6.7153

Number of observations

3812

1668

2144

1905

780

1125

1907

888

1019

1907

888

1019

Number of individuals

3022

1323

1699

1522

617

905

1757

819

938

1757

819

938