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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
Weekly wage (100 NZD)
Our Classification
Remarks
Assessed at T1 (2005) and T2 (2008), both after decision to stay in Tonga
Operationalization
Weekly wage in New Zealand dollars.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-cm-sq-v-5-a b = -.02 ns T1-T2 CHANGE in happiness by T1-T2 CHANGE in income

B controlled for:
- years of education
- employment status
- age
- relative income
- survey wave
- time period of the year O-HL-cm-sq-v-5-a b = -.04 ns CURRENT happiness by CURRENT income

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

CURRENT is pooled results of T1 and T2