Study Hogan et al. (2016): study ZZ Western nations 2007
- Public
- 25-85 aged inhabitants of 5 big cities, western nations 2007
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 5000
- Non Response
- Assessment
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Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)
mostly by smartphone
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Performance of city
- Our Classification
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- Error Estimates
- Crorbach alpha: 25-34 aged:.65; 35-49 aged: .67; 50-64 aged: +.66'65-85 aged: ,61
- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- Selfreport on 6 questions:
a: It is easy for children in this city to go to a good school
b: My city is a good place to rear and care for children
c: It is easy to get good quality health care is my city
d: My city has many facilities for socially disadvantaged peo ple, such as the old , the handicapped and the poor
Ie: feel safe walking around the city at night
5: strongly agree
4: agree
3: neither agree nor disagree
2; disagree
1 strongly disagree
Observed Relation with Happiness
b controled for:
- personal characteristics
- marital status
- income
- mediating variables
- self-reported health
- feel connection to people in neighbourhood
- trust in local government
- opportunities for voluntering in city
- job opportunities in city