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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
play sport/exercise
Our Classification
Distribution
Play sport/exercise once a month
In remote rural areas, M = 0.183, SE = 0.041
In accesible rural areas, M = 0.112, SE = 0.023
In non-rural areas, M = 0.096, SE= 0.008
Operationalization
Selfreport in queswtion whether one plays sports or exercise
1: once a month
0: no sports, no exercise

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-u-sq-n-7-e OLRC = +.28 p < .036 Play sport or exercise once a month by individual Life Satisfaction
OLRC controlled for:

-Environmental characteristics
- remote rural area
- accesible rural areas

-Individual characteristics
- male
- age
- age squared
- income quartiles
    - quartile 2
    - quartile 3
    - top quartile
- education
    - o-levels and equivalent
    - a-levels and equivalent
    - nursing and other higher qualifications
    - first degree and higher degrees
- unemployed
- retired
- married, cohabiting, civil partnership
- divorced, separated
- widowed
- 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
- talk to neighbours once/twice a week
- attend local group once a month
- religious service/meetings once a month