Study Winters & Li (2015): study US 2005

Public

18-85 aged, 2361 counties, USA 2005

Survey name

US-BRFSS 2010

Sample

Respondents

N = 19420490

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Correlate

Authors's Label

Metro status and size

Our Classification

Remarks

all regressions include month and year dummies.

Distribution

M= a:0.176, b:0.151, c:0.221, d:0.202, e: 0.147
SD=a:0.381, b:0.358, c:0.415, d:0.401, e: 0.354

Operationalization

Thousands Inhabitants of the county
1 Urban
   a: .Micropolitian
   b: .Small metropolitian        (0-250)
   c: .Medium metropolitian    (250.-1000)
   d: .Large metropolitiam       (1000- 4000)
   e: .very large metropolitan (<4000)
0 non-urban (reference)

Observed Relation with Happiness