Study Shields et al. (2009): study AU 2001
- Public
- 15+ aged general public, Australia, 2001
- Survey name
- AU-HILDA 2001
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 13903
- Non Response
- 34%
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Additionally self-completion questionnaires were used.
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- House renter
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Signs were reversed by WDH team.
- Distribution
- a) 72%, b) 26%, c) 2%
- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- Self-report on single question:
Do you (or any other members of this household) own this home, rent it, or do you
live here rent free?
1: Renting
a) Rent (or pay board) / Rent-buy scheme
b) Live here rent free / Life Tenure
0: Own / currently paying off mortgage (reference)
Observed Relation with Happiness
Males
Males
OPRC's controlled for:
- neighbourhood fixed effects (unobserved characteristics of the neighbourhood)
- age and age squared
- number of children
- marital status
- number of parents
- being an Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander
- immigrant status
- English speaking ability
- health
- level of education
- employment status
- household income
- religion
- frequency-preference of paying bills
- suspicious of interview questions
- others present during interview
- respondent was living with both parents
at age 14