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Table 4 Life satisfaction in the years in which measured results from the G-SLS and FLZM questionnaires are available, depending on the times of experienced unemployment

From: The long-lasting impact of unemployment on life satisfaction: results of a longitudinal study over 20 years in East Germany

 

Times of unemployment

Total

Several

One time

None

H(2)

ES η2

p value

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

(N)

 

(n)

(n)

(n)

G-SLS

2003

2.2 ± 0.7

2.4 ± 0.7

2.2 ± 0.8

2.0 ± 0.7

24.59

0.055

< 0.001

(417)

 

(133)

(132)

(152)

   

2005

2.3 ± 0.8

2.7 ± 0.9

2.2 ± 0.8

2.0 ± 0.6

39.72

0.099

< 0.001

(383)

 

(133)

(126)

(124)

   

2016

2.2 ± 0.8

2.3 ± 0.7

2.2 ± 0.7

2.0 ± 0.8

13.49

0.043

< 0.001

(270)

 

(107)

(82)

(81)

   

FLZM

       

2003

55.8 ± 29.4

47.4 ± 30.4

57.4 ± 29.7

62.4 ± 26.5

17.34

0.038

< 0.001

(409)

 

(130)

(131)

(148)

   

2005

62.8 ± 30.7

49.5 ± 28.9

68.1 ± 29.2

71.2 ± 29.9

36.48

0.093

< 0.001

(375)

 

(128)

(125)

(122)

   

2016

69.6 ± 35.1

62.6 ± 35.8

71.6 ± 33.5

76.8 ± 34.5

8.18

0.023

0.020

(268)

 

(105)

(82)

(81)

   
  1. Higher scores in the G-SLS questionnaire indicate lower life satisfaction, and higher scores in the FLZM questionnaire indicate higher life satisfaction