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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

Price change expectations

Our Classification

Operationalization

Self-report on 2 questions.
A: "Do you expect prices in general to rise, to remain the same, or to go down in the next 12 months?"
    1: go down
    2: remain the same
    3: rise
B: "By what percentage do you expect prices in total to have risen after 5 years?"

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure

Statistics

Elaboration / Remarks

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

b = -.03

Price change expectations (next year)

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

b = -.54

Amplitude of price change expectations (5 years)

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

b-iv = -.61

Price change expectations (next year)

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

b-iv = -9.9

Amplitude of price change expectations (5 years)

Instrument for happiness:
- last ten days cloud cover deviation

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