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Correlational findings

Study Helliwell et al. (2014): study US 2004

Public
18+ aged general public, urban areas, USA, 2008-2011
Survey name
INT-Gallup International
Sample
Respondents
N = 952433
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Correlate

Authors's Label
Social Capital broad engagement (SC1)
Our Classification
Remarks
No effect of interaction unemployment x SC1
Operationalization
Index of :
a. average voting rate in 2004 and 2008 elections
b. percentage of residents who volunteered for or through religious groups
c. average number of groups volunteered for or through.
D. average hours volunteered in year (2004-2008)
e. percentage of residents who donated more than $25 to charitable or religious organizations.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c b = .00 ns B controled for
- change in local employment
- individual characteristics
  - age
  - gender
  - education
  - marital status
  - ethnicity
  - household income (absolute)
  - incomebrackets (relative)
- regional characteristics
  - average household income
  - country population density
  - share of urban populstion
  - share of owner-occupied housing
  - share of minorities
  - longitude and latitude of country centres
- social capital
  - broad engagement
  - intimate engagement
- interaction between regional unemployment and social capital