Table 1.

Descriptive summary of the analytical sample

	Mean	SD	Min	Max	Imputed
Satisfaction W10	7.64	1.4	0	10	0*
Satisfaction W11	7.63	1.4	0	10	0.093
Satisfaction W12 (COVID-19)	6.63	1.9	0	10	0.678
Institutional trust W10	2.47	0.5	1	4	0*
Female respondent	0.51	0.5	0	1	0
Age in 2020	56.68	10.7	34	76	0
Self-rated health	3.71	0.8	1	5	< 0.05
Log. total household income	8.09	0.5	6	10	< 0.05
German not mother tongue	0.06	0.2	0	1	< 0.05
Number of children in the household	0.42	0.8	0	17	0.093
Mother not born in Germany	0.10	0.3	0	1	< 0.05
Father not born in Germany	0.11	0.3	0	1	< 0.05
Level of education
Low education	0.19	0.4	0	1	< 0.05
Intermediate education	0.32	0.5	0	1	< 0.05
Higher education eligibility	0.19	0.4	0	1	< 0.05
Tertiary education	0.30	0.5	0	1	< 0.05
Marital status
Single	0.16	0.4	0	1	< 0.05
Married	0.71	0.5	0	1	< 0.05
Divorced	0.09	0.3	0	1	< 0.05
Widowed	0.04	0.2	0	1	< 0.05
Employment status
Not employed / Retired	0.25	0.4	0	1	< 0.05
Regular employee	0.56	0.5	0	1	< 0.05
Civil servant	0.06	0.2	0	1	< 0.05
Self-employed	0.10	0.3	0	1	< 0.05
Other employment	0.03	0.2	0	1	< 0.05
Region of residence					< 0.05
Southern Germany	0.28	0.4	0	1	0.112
Eastern Germany	0.21	0.4	0	1	0.112
Western Germany	0.52	0.5	0	1	0.112

Source: NEPS SC6, imputed data (M = 100). Variables marked with an asterisks are not imputed by design as all cases with missing information were removed before