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Correlational findings

Study Angeles (2008): study GB 1991

Public
18+ aged general public, UK, 1991-2005
Survey name
UK-BHPS 1996-2008
Sample
Respondents
N = 15000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Absolute income (in logs)
Our Classification
Operationalization
Total annual household income, adjusted for
a. household size and composition
b. inflation

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-u-sq-n-7-e Beta = +.06 p < .05 Beta controlled for:
- sexe
- age/age squared
- self-reported health
- marital status
- eduation
- unemployed
- number of children
- religiouness
- region

Based on fixed effects, pooled OLS, ordered probit and ordered logit similar results obtained, but hihger R-squared for fixed effects