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Correlational findings

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
Investment behavior (risk averseness)
Our Classification
Operationalization
Self-report on single question.
"I would never consider investments in shares because I find this too risky"
1: totally disagree
.
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7: totally agree

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HP-u-sq-v-5-a b = +.02 O-HP-u-sq-v-5-a b-iv = +4.5 Instrument for happiness:
- yearly cloud cover average

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