Study Ebrahim et al. (2013): study ZA 2008
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, South Africa, 2008
- Survey name
- US-National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS) 2008
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 12230
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Marital status
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Order changed by WDH team for 1b, 1c, 1d to fit classification of single versus these other non-marital states. Signs of correlations reversed accordingly
- Distribution
- Black:M=2,46(SD=1,71); Coloured:M=2,96(SD=1,78); Indian:M=3,96(SD=1,57); White:M=4,04(SD=1,50)
- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- 1a: Married
1b: Cohabitant
1c: Widowed
1d: Divorced / Separated
0: Single (reference)
Observed Relation with Happiness
- ALL OPRC = -.01 (ns)
- Black: OPRC = -.02 (ns)
- Coloured: OPRC = +.12 (ns)
- Indian: OPRC = +.15 (ns)
- White: OPRC = -.11 (ns)
- ALL OPRC = +.01 (ns)
- Black: OPRC = -.35 (ns)
- Coloured: OPRC = +.14 (ns)
- Indian: OPRC = +.46 (ns)
- White: OPRC = -.18 (ns)
- ALL OPRC = -.11 (ns)
- Black: OPRC = -.14 (ns)
- Coloured: OPRC = -.01 (ns)
- Indian: OPRC = -.21 (ns)
- White: OPRC = +.14 (ns)
- ALL OPRC = +.06 (01)
- Black: OPRC = +.07 (01)
- Coloured: OPRC = -.04 (ns)
- Indian: OPRC = +.46 (ns)
- White: OPRC = +.10 (ns)
OPRCs controlled for
- Age
- Education
- Gender
- Self-reported health
- Religion importance
- Children
- Absolute income
- Relative income
- Employed
- Urban residence