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Table 2

Descriptive statistics for outcome variables

	Full Sample^a			Analytic Sample^b
	M	SD	N	M	SD	N
Satisfaction With Life
Overall	6.98	1.81	352,259	6.65	1.94	35,056
Between		1.49	45,226		1.32	2,353
Within		1.28			1.46
Satisfaction With Income
Overall	6.16	2.32	346,398	5.74	2.44	34,776
Between		1.99	44,852		1.70	2,353
Within		1.59			1.83
Satisfaction With Family Life
Overall	7.69	1.97	89,645	6.94	2.39	8,271
Between		1.68	23,051		1.93	1,595
Within		1.21			1.57

	Full Sample^a			Analytic Sample^b
	M	SD	N	M	SD	N
Satisfaction With Life
Overall	6.98	1.81	352,259	6.65	1.94	35,056
Between		1.49	45,226		1.32	2,353
Within		1.28			1.46
Satisfaction With Income
Overall	6.16	2.32	346,398	5.74	2.44	34,776
Between		1.99	44,852		1.70	2,353
Within		1.59			1.83
Satisfaction With Family Life
Overall	7.69	1.97	89,645	6.94	2.39	8,271
Between		1.68	23,051		1.93	1,595
Within		1.21			1.57

Source: German Socio-Economic Panel Study 1984–2012, release 2013.

^aIncluding all observations up to age 60. Excluding high-income sample G.

^bAnalytic sample restricted to individuals observed across the transition from “married and living together” to “divorced.”