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Correlational findings

Study Brown et al. (2015a): study ZZ OECD member states 2011

Public
+18 aged, metropolitan areas in 5 OECD nations, 2011
Survey name
INT-OECD household survey
Sample
Respondents
N = 1964
Non Response
>25%
Assessment
Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)
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Correlate

Authors's Label
home ownership
Our Classification
Distribution
M=0.65
Operationalization
1 owns home
0 other

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-l-11-g OPRC = + p < .05 OPRC (+.127) controled for:
- Social Economic Status (SES)
  - gender
  - age
  - education (years post secundary)
  - married
  - children
  - health (medical conditions)
  - home size (m2)
  - income (log)
  - unemployed
- country level effects (fixed)
- city level effects (random)
O-SLW-c-sq-l-11-g OPRC = - p < .05 OPRC (+.134) additionally controlled for:
- Local characteristics
  - land use diversity (index)
  - green space fraction within 5 km)
  - distance to core (clostest quartile)

ORPC smaller of controled only for these varianles separately
O-SLW-c-sq-l-11-g OPRC = + p < .05 OPRC (+.00241) if additionally controled for:
- regional characteristics
  - population density (1000 people per km2)
  - centralization
  - density of roads

OPRC lower if controled for centralization only
O-SLW-c-sq-l-11-g OPRC = France      OPRC = +.3
Japan       OPRC = +.2
Nerherlands OPRC = -.06
Spain       OPRC = -.02
Swerden     OPRC = +.22