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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
Regions
Our Classification
Operationalization
Region within the UK:
a) London
b) Scotland
c) Wales
d) Northern Ireland
e) England, excluding London (reference category)

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-u-sq-n-7-e b = -.04 ns London (vs. England excluding London) O-SLW-u-sq-n-7-e b = +.06 ns Scotland (vs. England excluding London) O-SLW-u-sq-n-7-e b = +.09 ns Wales (vs. England excluding London) O-SLW-u-sq-n-7-e b = -.08 ns Northern Ireland (vs. England excluding London)

b controlled for:
- absolute income
- sex
- age
- marital status
- education
- unemployed
- number of children
- religious participation
- health

Based upon fixed effects analysis; similar results for pooled OLS, Ordered Probit and Ordered Logit