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Correlational findings

Study Benesch et al. (2007): study ZZ World samples 1995 /1

Public
15+ aged, general public, 45 nations, 1995-2003
Survey name
EU-Combined surveys: ESS+WVS
Sample
Respondents
N = 72012
Non Response
3.3%
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
Phone interview for remote areas

Correlate

Authors's Label
Not born/born in coutry of residence
Our Classification
Operationalization
1 People born in country of residence
0 People not born in country of residence (reference)

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a b = +.34 p < .01 B (0.337) controlled for:
- TV viewing
  - residual TV viewing time
  - interaction with number of TV channels in the country
- individual characteristics
  - income
  - age, age,squared
  - gender
  - employmnet
  - education
  - marital status
- national characteristics
  - number of channels
  - average TV viewing time in country (in minutes)
  - gross national income (GNI, real and squared)
- survey

People born in country of residence are happier than people not born in country of residence