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Correlational findings

Study Dumludag (2014): study ZZ 2010

Public
18+ aged, general public, 35 nations in Europe and Asia, 2010
Survey name
INT-LiTS 2010
Sample
Respondents
N = 38864
Non Response
37,7%
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Household comparison with past
Our Classification
Error Estimates
All nations Lives better: s.e.=0.038 Lives worse: s.e.=0.035 Developed nations Lives better: s.e.=0.073 Lives worse: s.e.=0.070 Transition nations Lives better: s.e.=0.045 Lives worse:s.e.=0.040
Operationalization
Single direct question:
"My household lives better nowadays than 4 years ago".
A My household lives better:
    1 "Agree" and "Strongly agree"
    0  Otherwise
B My household lives worse:
    1 "Disagree" and "Strongly disagree"
    0   Otherwise

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a Beta = +.20 p < .01 ALLL NATIONS

Lives better
O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a Beta = -.46 p < .01 Lives worse O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a Beta = -.09 ns DEVELOPED NATIONS

Lives better
O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a Beta = -.62 p < .01 Lives worse O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a Beta = +.25 p < .01 TRANSITION NATIONS

Lives better
O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a Beta = -.40 p < .01 Lives worse

Beta's controlled for:
-Relative income:
  -past,present and future income rank
  -relative parents position
-Social demographic:
  -age squared
  -gender
  -household size
  -marital status
  -education
  -employment
  -log household consumption
-Country dummies