Study Graham & Nikolova (2013a): study ZZ North America 2010
- Public
- 15+ aged general public, North America, 2010- 2012
- Survey name
- INT-GallupWorldPoll2012
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 10000
- Non Response
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
The surveys are face-to-face in countries where telephone coverage is limited, and by telephone in those where it is universal (primarily the OECD countries).
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Access to information and communication technology
- Our Classification
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- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- Self report of home access to
a: Landline phone
b: Cell phone
c: TV
d: Internet
Observed Relation with Happiness
OLRCs controlled for
- Individual charecetics:
- Age
- Age squared/100
- Female
- Married
- Married and female
- Education: highschool or higher
- Household income
- Employed full time
- Urban area
- Child in household
- Household size
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The associations are most positive in the poorer regions of the world where the technologies are scarcest, and negligible in those places where they were most common.