Study Pierewan & Tampubolon (2014a): study ZZ Europe 2004
- Public
- 15+ aged, general public, Europe, 2004-2010
- Survey name
- EU- ESS 2004-2010
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 150000
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Internet use
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Recoded into 3 dummy variables: 3 Frequent ('several times a week' and 'every day') 2 Medium ('several times a month' and 'once a week') 1 Rare ('less than once a month' and 'once a month') 0 Never ('no acess at home' and 'never use the internet') (reference)
- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- Selfreport on single question: "How often do you use the internet, the world-wide-web, or e-mail - whether at home or at work - for your personal use?"
9 Every day
7 Several times a week
6 Once a week
5 Several times a month
4 Once a month
3 Less than once a month
2 Never use
1 No access at home or work
Observed Relation with Happiness
b SE
Frequent -.03(ns) .04
Medium -.01(ns) .04
Rare -.10(ns) .06
Never(ref.) -
b SE
Frequent -.07(ns) .04
Medium -.07(ns) .05
Rare -.14(ns) .07
Never(ref.) -
b SE
Frequent +.09(05) .09
Medium +.12(05) .06
Rare +.18(05) .08
Never(ref.) -
b SE
Frequent +.10(05) .04
Medium +.08(ns) .06
Rare +.22(05) .10
Never(ref.) -
b's controlled for:
individual characteristics:
- interaction unemployed*internet use
- social meeting
- social support
- trust
- health
- gender
- age
- marital status
- education
- household income
regional characteristics:
- internet density
- unemployment rate