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Correlational findings

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
January mean sunlight in county
Our Classification
Remarks
All regressions include month and year dummies
Distribution
Range: 48-266, M=149.226. SD=41.212
Operationalization
January mean sunlight in county

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLu-u-sq-v-4-g b = +.00 p < .01 b (+0.0002) No controls O-SLu-u-sq-v-4-g b = +.00 p < .01 b(+.0001)additionally for individual Characteristics
- sex
- race/ethnicity
- five-year age group
- marital status
- employment status
- highest education completed
- number of adults in the household
- ratio of minor children to adults in the household. O-SLu-u-sq-v-4-g b = +.00 p < .01 b(+.0001)additionally  for:
-Urbanization and unemloyment rate in county O-SLu-u-sq-v-4-g b = +.00 ns b(+.00003)controled for income O-SLu-u-sq-v-4-g b = +.00 p < .01 b (+.0001)only years 2005-2006 (after 2000 recession) O-SLu-u-sq-v-4-g b = +.00 p < .01 Similasr across location of country at coastal areas of the US