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Correlational findings

Study Nikolova & Graham (2014a): study ZZ Western nations 2009

Public
15+ aged general public, 10 western nations, 2009-2012
Survey name
INT-Gallup World Poll combined waves
Sample
Respondents
N = 84115
Non Response
Assessment
Multiple assesment methods
face to face interview in Turkey and Greece, other contries conducted via landline or cellular phone.

Correlate

Authors's Label
Education
Our Classification
Operationalization
1:  some college or college diploma
0:  not

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks C-BW-c-sq-l-11-a OLRC = +.40 p < .01 A-AB-yd-mq-v-2-j LRCD = +.04 ns OLRC and LRCD controlld for:
-self employed
-voluntarily part-time
-unemployed
-involuntarily part-time
-out of the labor force
-age
-age squared
-employment and age interactions
-female
-married
-householde income
-urban area
-child in household
-household size
-religion important
-country dummies(ref:United States)
-year dummies