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
- Health
- Our Classification
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- Distribution
- Total sample: M=1.9; Natives: M=1.9 Total immigrants:1.8; European and Canadian immigrants: M=1.9; Asian, African, & Latin-American immigrants: M=1.8
- Operationalization
- Selfreport on single question"All in all, how would you describe your state of health these days? Would you say it is"
1 = Very good; 5 = Very poor
Observed Relation with Happiness
- Immigrant status,
- Ln(income)
- Interaction ln(income)*immigrant status,
- Marital status,
- Age,
- Children,
- Unemployed,
- Religion.
B=-.43 (p<.06) when additionally controlled for financial satisfaction
Similar results are found in an ordered logit model.