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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
Household income
Our Classification
Remarks
Household income is log-transformed and is in international dollars, which allows comparisons across countries and time.
Operationalization
selfreport, question not report.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks C-BW-c-sq-l-11-a OLRC = +.37 p < .01 A-AB-yd-mq-v-2-j LRCD = +.20 p < .01 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
-college education
-urban area
-child in household
-household size
-religion important
-country dummies(ref:United States)
-year dummies