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Correlational findings

Study Fitzroy et al. (2013): study GB 1996

Public
18+ aged general public, UK, 1996-2008
Survey name
UK-BHPS combined waves
Sample
Respondents
N = 153189
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Comparison income
Our Classification
Distribution
M=2680; SD=886
Related specification variables
Operationalization
Agerage income of similar people. Same:
- Gender
- Age (-3 years to +6 years)
- Education
- Living in the same region
- same BHPS wave

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-u-sq-n-7-e b-fix = -.09 All O-SLW-u-sq-n-7-e b-fix = +.25 p < .01 Age <45 only O-SLW-u-sq-n-7-e b-fix = -.29 p < .01 Age >=45 only

b's controlled for:
- marital status
- children
- health status
- education
- work status
- time in panel
- year of last interview
- household size
- age group
- wave number
- regions
- regional unemployment