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Correlational findings

Study Blanchflower et al. (2013): study GB Wales 2007

Public
16+ aged, general public, Wales, UK, 2007-2010
Survey name
Welsh Health Survey
Sample
Respondents
N = 49972
Non Response
Assessment
Multiple assesment methods
Interview ( face-to-face) and Questionnaire (paper)

Correlate

Authors's Label
Smoking
Our Classification
Operationalization
Selfreport on whether smoked (daily or occasionally), used to smoke (daily or occasionally), or had never smoked. Those who reported smoking were asked where they had smoked in the last 7 days.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks M-TH-cm-sq-v-5-b b = -.10 p < .01 Smokes now           (vs not) M-TH-cm-sq-v-5-b b = -.04 p < .01 Smoked ever, not now (vs not)

B's controlled for:
-Consumption of fruit and vegetables
-Demographic characteristics
-age
-gender
-Socioeconomic characteristics
-education
-occupation
-household location
-Health
-disability
-exercise
-body mass index