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Correlational findings

Study Stillman et al. (2015): study TO 2005

Public
18-45 aged, aspirant migrants who stayed, Tonga, followed 3 years, 2005-2008
Survey name
INT-PacificI slands-NewZealand Migration Survey
Sample
Respondents
N = 406
Non Response
66%
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Years of education
Our Classification
Remarks
Assessed at T1 (2005) and T2 (2008), both after decision to stay in Tonga
Distribution
M=11.9
Operationalization
Exact question not reported.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-cm-sq-v-5-a b = +.00 ns T1-T2 CHANGE in happiness by T1-T2 CHANGE in education

B controlled for:
- age
- employment status
- personal income
- relative income
- survey wave
- time period of the year O-HL-cm-sq-v-5-a b = +.01 ns CURRENT happiness by CURRENT education

B additionally controlled for:
- gender
- marital status
- region of birth
- religion
- visited New Zealand before 2000

CURRENT is pooled results of T1 and T2