Study Posel & Casale (2011): study ZA 2008
- Public
- 17+ aged general public, South-Africa., 2008
- Survey name
- SA-NIDS Panel study
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 28000
- Non Response
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Assumed by WDH team.
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Number of children
- Our Classification
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- Distribution
- M = 1.48, SE = 0.2
- Operationalization
- Number of children < 15 years.
Observed Relation with Happiness
- individual characteristics
- ethnicity
- head
- age
- years of schooling
- sexe
- marital status
- health status
- household characteristics
- number of pensioners
- quality dwelling place
- quality toilet
- social capital variables
- involved in religious activities
- neigbours
- crime in neighbourhood
- member of a group
- owns a cellular phone
- income variables
- per capita household income (Rands)
- actual rank in SA (richest, middle, poorest)
- percieved rank in SA (richest, middle, poorest)
- percieved rank in village/suburb (richest, middle, poorest)
- percieved to be better/same/worse than at age 15
- expect to be better/same/worse off 2 years hence