Table 3.

Determinants of life satisfaction. Findings of multiple ordered probit regressions

Independent variables	Level of life satisfaction
Age (in years)	0.03*
	(0.01)
Family situation:—Living together: Married or in partnership (Reference category: Other including [living separately: married or in partnership; divorced; single; widowed])	0.23
	(0.24)
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])	1.19***
	(0.25)
Employment situation:—Full-time employed (Reference category: Unemployed)	0.29
	(0.30)
- Other including [Part-time employed; Marginally employed (450-euro job or mini-job); Retired/early retirement; Other; In retraining; In vocational training/apprenticeship	0.54 +
	(0.30)
Migration background: Yes (Reference category: No)	-0.07
	(0.36)
Religious affiliation: Having a religious affiliation including [Buddhism; Christianity; Islam; Other] (Reference category: Non-denominational)	-0.17
	(0.23)
Already having a gender affirming surgery:—Yes (Reference category: No)	-0.24
	(0.23)
Frequency of sports activities:—Less than one hour a week (Reference category: No sports activity)	-0.49 +
	(0.28)
- Regularly, 1–2 h a week	-0.18
	(0.33)
- Regularly, 3–4 h a week	0.34
	(0.35)
- Regularly, more than 4 h a week	0.13
	(0.35)
Self-rated health (from 1 = very bad to 5 = very good)	0.52**
	(0.16)
Having at least one chronic disease: Yes (Reference category: No)	-0.38
	(0.28)
Pseudo R2	0.14
Observations	86

Notes: *** p < 0.001, ** p < 0.01, * p < 0.05, + p < 0.10; Coefficients were reported (larger values correspond to “higher” outcomes); standard errors in parentheses; Listwise deletion was used to handle missing values