Study Bartram (2011): study US 1995
- Public
- 18-94 aged natives and immigrants, USA, 1995
- Survey name
- INT-WorldValuesSurvey 3
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 1339
- Non Response
- 203
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Unemployed
- Our Classification
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- Distribution
- Total sample: M=6.82; Natives: M=5.9 Total immigrants:10.0; European and Canadian immigrants: M=2.4; Asian, African, & Latin-American immigrants: M=13.9
- Operationalization
- 1 = unemployed
0 = student, retired, employed part-time, employed full-time
Observed Relation with Happiness
- Immigrant status
- Log income
- Interaction income*immigrant status
- Marital status
- Children
- Age
- Religion
- Health
B -.50 (p<.01) when additionally controlled for financial satisfaction
Similar results are found in an ordered logit model