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Correlational findings

Study Sulemana et al. (2016): study ZZ 2005

Public
18+ aged, general public, 13 nations, 2005-2009
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurvey 5
Sample
Respondents
N = 23000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Poor Air
Our Classification
Remarks
Order reversed and hence sign of correlation to fit positive formulation of this subject category
Related specification variables
Operationalization
Selfreport on single question introduced as:
I am going to read out a list of environmental problems facing many communities. Please tell me how serious you consider each one to be here in your own community:

Poor air quality
4 very serious problem
3 somewhat serious problem
2 not very serious problem
1 not a serious problem at all

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a b = + s African countries   b = +.07 (005)
Developed countries b = +.09 (001)

b controlled for:
- Personal characteristics
  - Age, Age Squared/100
  - Gender
  - Education
  - Health status
  - Marital status
  - Employment status
  - Social Capital
  - Income
  - Satisfaction with finances
  - Children
  - Control over life
  - Religiosity
- Environmental characteristics
  - City size
  - Country dummies