Study Sörensen (2014): study ZZ EU 27 2008
- Public
- 18+ aged general public European Union, 2008
- Survey name
- EU-EVS
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 29188
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Living area
- Our Classification
-
-
- Remarks
- Order and hence sign of correlation reversed by WDH team to fit WDH standard classification of this variable
- Distribution
- Rural areas: 30%, Town areas: 45%, City areas: 25%
- Related specification variables
-
-
- Operationalization
- 1 Rural areas (Fewer than 5001 inhabitants)
0 Non-rural areas
a) Town areas (with 5001 to 100,000 inhabitants)
b) City areas (more than 100,000 inhabitants)
Observed Relation with Happiness
All high middle low
Rural M = 7,02 7,63 7,03 6,50
Town M = 7,25* 7,60 7,23* 6,49
City M = 6,98 7,37* 7,01 6,55
* = significantly happier
All high middle low
vs rural
-Town lgt = +.01(ns) -.02(ns) +.03(ns) -.06(ns)
-City lgt = -.22(01) -.21(01) -.24(01) -.21(01)
EU-12: Rich countries
EU-7: Middle income countries
EU-8: Low income countries
Lgt denotes points difference in happiness after control for:
- Age
- Gender
- Health
- Family and children
- Education
- Employment status
- Monthly household income
Larger when addionally controled for:
- Control over one's own life
- Belonging to a locality/town
Smaller when additionally controled for:
- Voluntary work
- People helpful