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
- Age
- Our Classification
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- Distribution
- M= Ba: 38,87 Bb: 16,96 SD= Ba: 13,61 Bb:10,94 SD(within)= Ba: 1,43 Bb: 1,20
- Operationalization
- a Age in years
b Age in years/100
Observed Relation with Happiness
Older age <30: M = 5,10 SD = 1,34
difference -0,11
M's average of T1 + T2
B's controlled for:
- frequency of meeting friends and relatives
- frequency of talking to neighbours
- gender
- 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. B's are smaller for fixed effects estimators.Ordered Probit analysis and ordered probit analysis without socioeconomic variables yield similar results