Study Camfield et al. (2009): study BD 2004
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public,rural and urban areas, Bangladesh, 2004
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 1500
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Urbanization
- Our Classification
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- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- 8 locations with different degrees of connectedness to the capital city Dhaka: 4 locations in a district far from Dhaka, and 4 locations closer to Dhaka. In each district 2 urban and 2 rural sites were chosen. Of the 2 rural sites one was further from the urban site than the other:
A District Dinajpur (far from Dhaka)(reference)
A1 Baniknagar (urban)
A2 Shantipur (rural)
A3 Telkupigaon (rural)
B District Manikganj (close to Dhaka)
B1 Aloknagar (urban)
B2 Bichitropur (rural)
B3 Achingaon (rural)
Observed Relation with Happiness
MANIKGANJ(district) 1,99 +0,13 750
Aloknagar(urban) 2,09 +0,21 250
Bichitropur(rural) 1,88 +0,01 250
Achingaon(rural) 2,01 +0,14 250
DINAJPUR(district) 1,87 750
Baniknagar(urban) 2,10 +0,23 250
Shantipur(rural) 1,73 -0,14 250
Telkupigaon(rural) 1,78 -0.09 250
Happiness means and DM computed by WDH-team