Study Rehdanz & Maddison (2009): study XZ Germany West 1994
- Public
- Adults, general public, West-Germany, 1994-2004
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 23014
- Non Response
- na
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Perceived impact of air pollution
- Our Classification
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- Distribution
- %= 1: 33,44 2: 40,61 3: 14,22 4: 5,18 5: 1,55
- Operationalization
- Respondent's answer on the question "How strongly are you affected by air pollution in your area?"
1 not at all
2 slightly
3 bearable
4 strongly
5 very strongly
Observed Relation with Happiness
0 (lowest) to 2 :- 0,62 %
4 to 6 :- 1,09 %
8 to 10 (highest):+ 1,50 %
An increase in perceived air quality increases the probability of reporting high happiness [8-10] and decreases the probality of reporting low happiness [0-2] and [4-6]
- (perceived) noise pollution
- socio-economic characteristics
- demographic characteristics
- housing characteristics
- residential characteristics
OPRC cannot be interpreted as an absolute effect size. OPRC means only that more affection by air pollution goes with less happiness