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 noise pollution
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Respondent's answer on the question:"How strongly are you affected by noise 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 :- 0,34 %
4 to 6 :- 0,63 %
8 to 10 (highest):+ 0,85 %
A decrease in perceived noise pollution increases the probability of reporting high happiness [8-10] and decreases the probality of reporting low happiness, [0-2] and [4-6]
- (perceived) air 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 noise pollution is less happiness