Study Powdthavee (2008): study GB 1997
- Public
- 16-65 aged Great-Britain, followed 6 years, 1997-2003
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 54424
- Non Response
- n.a.
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Meeting friends and relatives
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Due to a small number of respondents Less often than once a month is considered as Never
- Distribution
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                Range= a-d:1-4 M=3,31 SD=0,94
 
 Frequencies in %:
 All Men Women Age<=30 Age>30
 1: 2 3 2 1 3
 2: 11 12 9 6 13
 3: 40 42 39 31 44
 4: 47 43 50 62 40
- Operationalization
- How often do you meet friends or relatives who are not living with you, whether here at your home or elsewhere?
 1 Never and Less often than once a month
 2 Once or twice a month
 3 Once or twice a week
 4 On most days
Observed Relation with Happiness
B's controlled for:
- frequency of talking to neighbours
- gender
- age
- socioeconomic variables:
- real household income
- marital status
- employment status
- look after home
- health status
- education level
- household size
- home ownership
- days spent in hospital
- number of children
Robust OLS. Ordered Probit analysis and ordered probit analysis without socioeconomic variables yield similar results