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Correlational findings

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
Percentile in NZ PI migrant weekly wage distribution
Our Classification
Remarks
Assessed at T1 (11 months after migration) and T2 (33 months after migration)
Operationalization
Relative income based on weekly wage compared to others participating in the sample.

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 relative income

B controlled for:
- age
- employment status
- personal income
- religion
- years of education
- survey wave
- time period of the year O-HL-cm-sq-v-5-a b = +.00 ns CURRENT happiness by CURRENT relative income

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

CURRENT is pooled results of T1 and T2