Study Ruprah & Luengas (2011): study ZZ Latin America 1997
- Public
- 15+ aged, general public in 17 Latin American nations, 1997-2006
- Survey name
- Latinobarometro1997
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 120000
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Wealth
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Wealth: relative wealth and reference wealth
Own wealth: index comprised of eight objects:
-television
-refrigerator
-computer
-washer
-telephone
-car
-own house
-additional house
Referece wealth: average of the wealth index in country, year, gender and age group
Relative wealth= individual wealth- reference group's wealth
Observed Relation with Happiness
OPRC's controlled for:
-Country level:
- unemployment rate
- inflation rate
-Individual Level:
- size of the city
- demographic
- education
- marital status
- employment status
- maximum inflation rate experienced(age 18+)