Table 2.

Determinants of life satisfaction. Findings of multiple linear regressions

Independent variables	Level of life satisfaction
Age (in years)	0.15*
	(0.06)
Family situation:—Living together: Married or in partnership (Reference category: Other including [living separately: married or in partnership; divorced; single; widowed])	1.61
	(1.09)
School education:—General or subject-specific university entrance qualification (e.g. “Abitur”) (Reference: Lower school education including [Completion of polytechnic secondary school; Currently in school education; Secondary school diploma; Intermediate school leaving certificate (e.g. “Realschulabschluss”); Without general school leaving certificate])	5.54***
	(1.12)
Employment situation:—Full-time employed (Reference category: Unemployed)	1.43
	(1.49)
- Other including [Part-time employed; Marginally employed (450-euro job or mini-job); Retired/early retirement; Other; In retraining; In vocational training/apprenticeship	2.16
	(1.36)
Migration background: Yes (Reference category: No)	-0.80
	(1.67)
Religious affiliation: Having a religious affiliation including [Buddhism; Christianity; Islam; Other] (Reference category: Non-denominational)	-0.55
	(1.02)
Already having a gender affirming surgery:—Yes (Reference category: No)	-0.88
	(1.08)
Frequency of sports activities:—Less than one hour a week (Reference category: No sports activity)	-2.32 +
	(1.31)
- Regularly, 1–2 h a week	-0.78
	(1.57)
- Regularly, 3–4 h a week	1.29
	(1.57)
- Regularly, more than 4 h a week	1.04
	(1.69)
Self-rated health (from 1 = very bad to 5 = very good)	2.20***
	(0.63)
Having at least one chronic disease: Yes (Reference category: No)	-1.20
	(1.25)
Constant	3.01
	(2.94)
R2	0.51
Observations	104

Notes: *** p < 0.001, ** p < 0.01, * p < 0.05, + p < 0.10; Unstandardized beta-coefficients are displayed; robust standard errors in parentheses; FIML was used to handle missing values