Table 2 Variable description, conditional and uncoditional mean values (mean) and standard deviations (GESIS [22], own calculations)
From: Subjective well-being in European countries—on the age-specific impact of physical activity
Variables | Description | All age groups mean (s.d.) | <26 years mean (s.d.) | 26–35 years mean (s.d.) | 36–45 years mean (s.d.) | 46–60 years mean (s.d.) | 60–70 years mean (s.d.) | >70 years mean (s.d.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Observations | n = 19,036 | n = 1,641 | n = 3,326 | n = 4,032 | n = 5,605 | n = 2,710 | n = 1,722 | |
Happy | (1 = not at all happy…4 = very happy) | 3.039 (0.677) | 3.178 (0.650) | 3.158 (0.626) | 3.061 (0.642) | 2.982 (0.681) | 2.961 (0.703) | 1.930 (.761) |
Physical activity | (1 = never…5 = daily) | 2.925 (1.398) | 3.197 (1.285) | 3.054 (1.288) | 3.004 (1.301) | 2.855 (1.408) | 2.851 (1.505) | 2.580 (1.610) |
Socioeconomic | ||||||||
Income | Metric (net income per person) | 22,859 (32,771) | 16,258 (24,528) | 24,981 (29,223) | 27,965 (49,544) | 24,926 (29,018) | 18,435 (20,855) | 13,332 (15,254) |
Sex | Dummy (1 = man, 0 = else) | 0.451 (0.498) | 0.473 (0.499) | 0.440 (0.497) | 0.437 (0.496) | 0.459 (0.498) | 0.463 (0.499) | 0.438 (0.496) |
hsize | Metric (size of household) | 2.797 (1.418) | 3.042 (1.434) | 3.063 (1.456) | 3.503 (1.416) | 2.747 (1.324) | 2.051 (1.006) | 1.737 (0.910) |
eduyear | Metric (years of education) | 12.345 (3.425) | 12.558 (2.403) | 13.637 (3.146) | 13.095 (3.242) | 12.238 (3.253) | 11.210 (3.584) | 10.030 (3.713) |
educ | Dummy (1 = currently in education, 0 = else) | 0.016 (0.124) | 0.137 (0.344) | 0.014 (0.118) | 0.004 (0.061) | 0.002 (0.042) | 0 | 0 |
Marital status | Reference category: single | |||||||
Couple | Dummy (1 = partnership, 0 = else) | 0.598 (0.490) | 0.166 (0.373) | 0.525 (0.499) | 0.698 (0.459) | 0.706 (0.456) | 0.657 (0.475) | 0.472 (4.99) |
Divorced | Dummy (1 = divorced, 0 = else) | 0.079 (0.270) | 0.009 (0.095) | 0.045 (0.208) | 0.102 (0.303) | 0.118 (0.323) | 0.079 (0.270) | 0.031 (0.174) |
Separated | Dummy (1 = separated, 0 = else) | 0.018 (0.132) | 0.005 (0.074) | 0.017 (0.128) | 0.021 (0.145) | 0.022 (0.147) | 0.015 (0.122) | 0.014 (0.117) |
Widowed | Dummy (1 = widowed, 0 = else) | 0.088 (0.284) | 0.006 (0.078) | 0.008 (0.086) | 0.017 (0.131) | 0.065 (0.246) | 0.192 (0.394) | 0.404 (0.491) |
Employment status | Reference category: unemployed | |||||||
ftemp | Dummy (1 = full-time employment, 0 = else) | 0.523 (0.499) | 0.577 (0.494) | 0.718 (0.450) | 0.705 (0.456) | 0.609 (0.488) | 0.125 (0.330) | 0.014 (0.117) |
ptemp | Dummy (1 = half time employment, 0 = else) | 0.094 (0.292) | 0.085 (0.279) | 0.096 (0.294) | 0.139 (0.346) | 0.109 (0.312) | 0.046 (0.211) | 0.018 (0.133) |