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Correlational findings

Study Graham & Nikolova (2018): study ZZ Latin America 2009

Public
Emigrants, Latin America, Multiple nations, 2009-2016
Survey name
INT-Gallup World Poll 2009-2016
Sample
Respondents
N = 180000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)
At least 80 % of the respondents were surveyed telephonically and 20% were surveyed face-to-face.

Correlate

Authors's Label
Family abroad
Our Classification
Remarks
relative abroad who emigrated in the LAST FIVE YEARS
Distribution
1 = 17%
Operationalization
1 = having relatives abroad
0 = having no relatives abroad

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c b = .12 p < .01 b controlled for country dummies, social support, age, age squared, gender, marital status, child in the household, household size, education, unemployment status, pain
yesterday, health problem, religiosity, freedom, urban location, and a dummy for year 2010 C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c b = .06 ns if additionally controlled for remittances,income, economic mobility, financial satisfaction, living standard satisfaction