Table 2.

Comparison of living conditions and life satisfactions at baseline (1994).

	MEast	MWest	t	p	d
Income satisfaction	2.47	2.42	−0.40	0.689	−0.060
Life situation	2.88	2.85	−0.25	0.803	−0.037
Life standard	3.17	3.19	0.20	0.844	0.031
Danger of personal distress	2.27	2.28	0.13	0.900	0.019
Confidence in future development	3.95	3.96	0.17	0.863	0.026