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Correlational findings

Study Putri (2015): study NL Rotterdam 2009

Public
13+ aged general public, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2009
Survey name
NL-Rotterdam Leisure Survey 2009
Sample
Respondents
N = 4422
Non Response
Assessment
Multiple assesment methods
the research mainly used primary data from rotterdam leisure survey and secondary data from Rotterdam smart city planner.

Correlate

Authors's Label
Proximity to all types of Amenities
Our Classification
Remarks
Data foe 2012 on amenities in neighborhood taken from Retail Buisiness Database. Distance from respondents home(zip-code)assessed using GIS.
Distribution
M= 4: 45,91, 3:168, 2: 344.92, 1=557.53
SD= 4: 54.16,3:164.3, 2:312.60, 1:490.29
Related specification variables
Operationalization
Proximity to all types of local amenities
4. 300 meters
3. 600 meters
2.900 meters
1.1200 meters

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a DM = - AVERAGE happiness in neighbourhood by proximity to all amenities

Amenities within 300m:
- high happiness          7   units
- moderate happiness      37  units
- low happiness           123 units

Amenities within 600m:
- high happiness          97   units
- moderate happiness      146  units
- low happiness           376  units

Amenities within 900m:
- high happiness          229  units
- moderate happiness      312  units
- low happiness           748  units

Amenities within 1200m:
- high happiness          399  units
- moderate happiness      522  units
- low happiness           1210 units
O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a b = +.00 ns b controled for:
- Ethncity
- Number of Respondents
- Gender
- Age
- Paid job
- Household Composition

All resdents: +.00002   (ns)
Dutch:        +.00004   (ns)
Non-Dutch:    +.00055   (ns)