Table 5.

Four-step life satisfaction estimates using Mannheim Trends File, 1973–2002, Eurobarometers, age < 70

	Age	T-statistic	Age2	T-statistic	N	Age minimum
Without controls	− 0.01359	38.01	0.00014	32.97	587,521	49
With controls	− 0.02229	44.62	0.00025	43.73	547,230	45
+ 7 cohort dummies	− 0.02025	30.39	0.00022	32.80	547,230	46
With controls
Belgium	− 0.02071	11.65	0.00022	10.73	45,623	47
Denmark	− 0.02274	15.48	0.00026	15.66	44,255	44
Finland	− 0.03682	11.21	0.00040	10.21	8,954	46
France	− 0.02590	13.69	0.00030	13.53	47,005	43
Germany	− 0.01434	10.75	0.00018	11.21	65,550	39
Greece	− 0.02253	9.13	0.00022	7.59	36,507	51
Ireland	− 0.01551	8.70	0.00022	10.52	45,830	35
Italy	− 0.02381	13.21	0.00023	11.23	48,159	52
Luxembourg	− 0.01270	4.74	0.00016	5.12	18,271	40
Netherlands	− 0.02987	18.47	0.00033	18.17	46,081	45
Norway	− 0.02487	5.49	0.00028	5.40	6,395	44
Portugal	− 0.02528	12.42	0.00025	10.52	28,515	51
Spain	− 0.03012	13.31	0.00031	12.16	28,629	49
Sweden	− 0.03354	10.17	0.00037	9.54	8,722	49
UK	− 0.02052	13.70	0.00027	15.44	59,753	45