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Correlational findings

Study Gilbert et al. (2016): study GB Scotland 2009

Public
16+ aged, general public, Scotland, 2009
Survey name
UK-Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS)
Sample
Respondents
N = 2148
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
talk to neighbours
Our Classification
Distribution
Talk to neighbours once/twice a week
In remote rural areas, M = 0.777, SE = 0.041
In accesible rural areas, M = 0.778, SE = 0.026
In non-ural areas, M = 0.759, SE = 0.012
Operationalization
Selfreport on question whether one talks to their neighbours
1: once or twice a week
0 No talking to neighbours

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-u-sq-n-7-e OLRC = +.28 p < .007 OLRC controlled for:
-Environmental characteristics
- remote rural area
- accesible rural areas
-Individual characteristics
- male
- age, age squared
- income
- education
- unemployed
- retired
- marital status
- number of children under 16
- health last 12 months excellent/good
- financial position worse than last year
- meet friends and family once/twice a week
- attend local group once a month
- play sport/exercise once a month
- religious service/meetings once a month