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Correlational findings

Study VanLandeghem & Vandeplas (2017): study IN 2008

Public
Households, Rural regions, India, 2008-2010
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Respondents
N = 2000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Household consumption
Our Classification
Distribution
In Indian Rupi per capita
- Punjab:            M = 24.884  SD = 19.775
-Andra Pradesh: M = 17.439, SD =   8.975
Operationalization
Sum of expenditures on
- eating/drinkin out in the last week
- various food and fuel items in the last month
- medical care, education, clothing furniture holidays in the last year

Expressed in log per capita

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-u-sq-v-7-I b = +.17 ns Punjab O-HL-u-sq-v-7-I b = +.33 p < .05 Andhra Pradesh

b's controled for
- caste
- education of household head
- age of household head
- marital status of respondent
- household size
- religion