Correlational findings | World Database of Happiness

Study Fleche (2015): study SY 1999

Public: 14+ aged general public, Switserland, followed 12 years 1999-2012
Survey name: CH-SHP pooled waves
Sample
Respondents: N = 15000
Non Response
Assessment: Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Correlate

Authors's Label

Income

Our Classification

Distribution

Range 4-16K, M = 10,914 =, SD = 0.68

Operationalization

Ln yearky total personal income

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure

Statistics

Elaboration / Remarks

O-SLu-g-sq-n-11-h

b = +.25 p < .01

LEVEL of income

b-fix controled for CURRENT
- personal characteristics
  - sexe
  - age
  - marital status
  - employment status
  - education
  - religion
  - language
  - political preference
  - self rated health
  - foreign born
- Centralization reform in canton

Unaffected by additional control for
- canton characteristics
  - income per capita
  - unemployment rate
- municipal population size

O-SLu-g-sq-n-11-h

b-fix = +.06 p < .01

CHANGE income over 12 years

b-fix controled for CHANGE in
- personal characteristics
  - sexe
  - age
  - marital status
  - employment status
  - self rated health
- centralizatiion reform in canton

Unaffected by additional control for:
- canton characteristics
  - income per capita
  - unemployment rate
- municipal population size