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Jun 26, 2024 · Education is commonly seen as a socioeconomic factor that has the potential to affect individuals' wellbeing (Jongbloed, 2018; Patria, 2022; Ruiu & Ruiu, 2019). For example, Huong et al. (2017) found a link between lower levels of education and poorer health-related quality of life.
- Participants and Procedure
- Measures
- Statistical Analyses
This study used data from the SOEP-IS (Richter and Schupp 2015), which constitutes a nationally representative sample of the German population. To collect the data, German households were visited. Interviews were conducted with all household members who had reached at least the age of 16. The data were collected in Computer-Assisted Personal Interv...
2.2.1 Affective Well-being
The study participants provided information on how they felt during three episodes that they had reported in the DRM. The three episodes were selected randomly by the CAPI program. We used the following items for the analyses: happiness, enthusiasm, satisfaction, anger, frustration, stress, mourning, worries, boredom, and loneliness. The answering scale ranged from 1 (not at all) to 7 (very much). The selection of items was based on previous research (Anusic et al. 2017; Möwisch et al. 2019).
2.2.2 Educational Attainment
Individual educational attainment was measured using the international standard classification of education developed by the UNESCO to internationally compare educational systems and educational attainment levels (ISCED-97; Unesco, 1997). The ISCED comprises six different levels (including the percentage distributions in the total sample): Level 1 = primary education (1.2%), Level 2 = lower secondary education (11.2%), Level 3 = upper secondary education (53.8%), Level 4 = post-secondary non-...
2.2.3 Income, Unemployment, and Retirement
The current gross labor income and current gross secondary income (additional sources of income) of each participant served as indicators for income. The employment status was covered by a dummy-coded variable comparing “unemployment” and “employment.” Retirement was assessed with a binary variable and could be answered with “yes” or “no.”
To test Aim 1 and Aim 2 (to examine the relationship between educational attainment and PA/NA), we conducted regression analyses via multilevel structural equation modeling using Mplus 7.4 (Muthén and Muthén 1998–2015). This multilevel approach (with repeated affect ratings nested within persons) allows the examination of models and associations of...
- Dave Möwisch, Annette Brose, Florian Schmiedek
- 2021
Jun 8, 2021 · In addition, some researchers have suggested highly educated people, as compared to those with lower educational attainment, can acquire self-esteem and self-confidence among others, resulting in higher levels of happiness (Cuñado & de Gracia 2012; Rodríguez-Pose & von Berlepsch, 2014).
- Satoshi Araki
- satoshiaraki@ln.edu.hk
- 2021
Apr 26, 2012 · To be considered educated, said the panelists, students should leave school with a deep understanding of themselves and how they fit into the world, and have learned what some call "soft skills" — complex problem-solving, creativity, entrepreneurship, the ability to manage themselves, and the ability to be lifelong learners.
May 20, 2019 · When the researchers compared the scores with their predictions, they found that people with more education, more income and a higher perceived social class had an exaggerated believe that they would perform better than others, compared with their lower-class counterparts.
A liberally educated person understands that they belong to a community whose prosperity and well-being is crucial to their own, and they help that community flourish by giving of themselves to make the success of others possible.
Apr 14, 2010 · The question ‘What does it mean to be an educated person?’ also asks what it means, that is, what is significant about being an educated person. How is the value of being an educated person currently understood? How might it be understood differently?
