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Study Guven (2009b): study NL 1993

Public: 16+ aged, households' members, Netherlands, 1993-2006
Survey name: NL-DHS 1993
Sample
Respondents: N = 4500
Non Response
Assessment: Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)

Correlate

Authors's Label

Regional sunshine

Our Classification

Remarks

Data: European Climate Assessment Dataset

Operationalization

YEARLY AVERAGE in province of
a: daily cloud cover
b: daily sunshine (average duration)
c: daily sunshine (maximum duration)

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure

Statistics

Elaboration / Remarks

O-HP-u-sq-v-5-a

OLRC = -.16

Daily cloud cover

O-HP-u-sq-v-5-a

OLRC = +.05

Averare duration of daily sunshine

O-HP-u-sq-v-5-a

OLRC = +.06

Maximum duration of daily sunshine

OLRCs controlled for:
- Personal characteristics
  - labor force status
  - marital status
  - health status
  - income
  - number of children
  - gender
  - household size
  - age
- province
- year fixed effects