Study Hinks & Davies (2008): study MW 2004
- Public
- Household heads, Malawai 2004-2005
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 11272
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- per capita consumption
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- For the Difference in Percentages, expressed in Quintiles:
5=lowest
1=highest
The coding seems to have changed in the regression analysis to 5 - highest consumption. Otherwise the positive B would mean that less consumption goes with greater happiness.
Observed Relation with Happiness
The main frequency differences occur between quntile 3 and 2.
- individual characteristics
- age
- education
- employment
- marriage
- status (married,divorced, wiwow)
- polygamous (vs not)
- religion
- interaction religion-polygamous marriage
- household situation
- size
- consumption per capita
- sick member
- local environmnent
- consumption level
- safety
- atacked in the last year
- feeling unsafe
- rural (vs not)
- hunger season
- member of parliament lives in area
B unaffected by
- additional control for personal assets
- alternative controls for relative wealth