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Correlational findings

Study Ferreira et al. (2013): study ZZ Europe 2002

Public
14+ aged, general public, 23 EU nations 2002-2007
Survey name
EU-ESS 1-3: 2002-2008
Sample
Respondents
N = 81326
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Climate
Our Classification
Distribution
July max temperature: Mean=24.01; SD=4.01; Min=5.67; Max=35
Jan min temperature: Mean=-1.94; SD=4.99; Min=-43; Max=10
Mean annual precipitation: Mean=2.26; SD=0.90; Min=0; Max=6
Operationalization
"July max temperature" mean of daily max. temperature in July (°C)
"Jan min temperature" mean of daily min. temperature in January (°C)
"Mean annual precipitation" Annual mean precipitation (mm)

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-cd b = +.00 ns July maximal temperature
b(0.00270) controlled for
- without health status
- the size of settlement
- regional differences in climate (Jan min temperature. Mean annual precipitation) O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-cd b = +.01 ns b(0.00732) controlled for
- without health status
- the size of settlement
- regional differences in climate (Jan min temperature. Mean annual precipitation)
- unemployment rate
- GDP per capita
- population density O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-cd b = +.00 ns b(0.00122) controlled for
- without health status
- the size of settlement
- regional differences in climate (Jan min temperature. Mean annual precipitation)
- unemployment rate
- GDP per capita
- population density
- unemployment rate
- average income O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-cd b = -.01 ns January minimal temperature
b(-.00788) controlled for
- without health status
- the size of settlement
- regional differences in climate (July max temperature. Mean annual precipitation) O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-cd b = -.01 ns b(-.00823) controlled for
- without health status
- the size of settlement
- regional differences in climate (July max temperature. Mean annual precipitation)
- unemployment rate
- GDP per capita
- population density O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-cd b = -.01 ns b(-.0106) controlled for
- without health status
- the size of settlement
- regional differences in climate (July max temperature. Mean annual precipitation)
- unemployment rate
- GDP per capita
- population density
- unemployment rate
- average income O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-cd b = +.07 p < .01 Mean annual precipitation
b(0.0687) controlled for
- without health status
- the size of settlement
- regional differences in climate (July max temperature. Jan min temperature) O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-cd b = +.06 p < .05 b(0.0621) controlled for
- without health status
- the size of settlement
- regional differences in climate (July max temperature. Jan min temperature)
- unemployment rate
- GDP per capita
- population density O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-cd b = +.07 p < .001 b(0.0690) controlled for
- without health status
- the size of settlement
- regional differences in climate (July max temperature. Jan min temperature)
- unemployment rate
- GDP per capita
- population density
- unemployment rate
- average income