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Correlational findings

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
Education
Our Classification
Operationalization
3 high
2 middle
1 low (reference)

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLu-g-sq-n-11-h b-fix = +.11 p < .10 High education   (vs low) O-SLu-g-sq-n-11-h b-fix = +.09 ns Middle education (vs low)

b-fix controled for:
- personal characteristics
  - sexe
  - age
  - personal income
  - marital status
  - employment status
  - religion
  - language
  - political preference
  - foreign born
- Centralization reform in canton

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