Correlational findings | World Database of Happiness

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

Public: 18-45 aged immigrants from Tonga, followed 3 years after migrattion, New-Zealand, 2005-2008
Survey name: INT-PacificI slands-NewZealand Migration Survey
Sample
Respondents: N = 101
Non Response: 66%
Assessment: Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label

Employed

Our Classification

Remarks

Assessed at T1 (11 months after migration) and T2 (33 months after migration)

Operationalization

Current employment status:
1: Employed
0: Not employed

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure

Statistics

Elaboration / Remarks

O-HL-cm-sq-v-5-a

b = +.22 ns

T1-T2 CHANGE in happiness by T1-T2 CHANGE in employment status
B controlled for:
- age
- religion
- personal income
- relative income
- years of education
- survey wave
- time period of the year

O-HL-cm-sq-v-5-a

b = +.03 ns

CURRENT happiness by CURRENT employment status

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

CURRENT is pooled results of T1 and T2