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Correlational findings

Study Ugur (2019): study TR 2013

Public
18+ aged general public, Turkey 2013
Survey name
TR-TurkishLS2013
Sample
Respondents
N = 196303
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Expected change in standard of living in the next 5 years
Our Classification
Related specification variables
Operationalization
Selfreport on question about expected change in standard of living in the next 5 years
3: will improve
2: will stay the same(reference)
1: will decline
-  do not know

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-u-sq-v-5-a b = +.07 p < .01 Standard of living will IMPROVED (vs stay the same)

b (+.074) controlled for:
-Basic controls
- income
- gender
- age, age squared
- marital status
- employment status
- education
- satisfaction with health
- satisfaction with relations with friends
- year fixed effects
-Expected improvement/deterioration
O-HL-u-sq-v-5-a b = +.04 p < .01 b (+.046) additionally controlled for comparison income
- self placement on welfare ladder

b unaffected by additional control for either
-average income in city lived or
-sverage income of age group in city lived

Similar across
-gender
-age
-education
O-HL-u-sq-v-5-a b = -.16 p < .01 Standart of living will DECLINED vs stay the same)

b(-.165) controlled for:
-Basic controls
- income
- gender
- age, age squared
- marital status
- employment status
- education
- satisfaction with health
- satisfaction with relations with friends
- year fixed effects
-expected improvement/deterioration
O-HL-u-sq-v-5-a b = -.13 p < .01 b (-.137) additionally controlled for comparison income
- self placement on welfare ladder

b unaffected by additional control for either
-average income in city lived or
-sverage income of age group in city lived

Similar across
-gender
-age
-education
O-HL-u-sq-v-5-a b = -.04 p < .01 DO NOT KNOW wheether standart of living improved or deteriorated over past 5 years (vs stayed the same)

b(-.042) controlled for:
-Basic controls
-income bracket
-gender
-age, age square
-marital status
-employment status
-education
-satisfaction with health
-satisfaction with relation with friends
-year effects
-expected improvement/deterioration of living standart in next 5 years

Similar across
-males and females
-age groups
-education levels
O-HL-u-sq-v-5-a b = -.04 p < .01 b (-.044) additionally controled for comparison income
-self placement of income ladder

b unaffected by additional control for either
-average income in city lived or
-average income of age group in city lived