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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 recreational amenities
Our Classification
Remarks
Data fo r2012 on amenities in neighborhood taken from Retail Buisiness Database. Distance from respondents home(zip-code)assessed using GIS.
Distribution
M=4.0.63, 3:2.3, 2:4.73,1:7.81
SD: 4:2.73,3:5,2:7.42,1:9.60
Related specification variables
Operationalization
Proximity to local recreational 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 recreational amenities

high happiness        575 meters
moderate happiness    807 meters
low happiness         492 meters O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a b = -.00 p < .01 b controled for:
- Ethncity
- Number of respondents
- Gender
- Age
- Paid job
- Household Composition

All resdents: -.00006   (ns)
Dutch:        -.00009  (.01)
Non-Dutch:    +.00004   (ns) O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a DMa = 0 ns level of happiness based on number of recreational within 300m:

- high happiness=         1   units
- moderate happiness=     1  units
- low happiness=          1  units