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Correlational findings

Study Kolosnitsyna et al. (2014): study RU 2009

Public
55+ aged, Russia, 2009 - 2012
Survey name
RU-RLMS combined waves
Sample
Respondents
N = 5920
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Smoking
Our Classification
Distribution
Mean = 0.15, SD = 0.37, Min = 0, Max = 1
Related specification variables
Operationalization
Self report on smoking
1 - yes
0 - no

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-v-5-h r = -.02 O-SLW-c-sq-v-5-h b = -.11 p < .01 All O-SLW-c-sq-v-5-h b = -.16 p < .05 Women O-SLW-c-sq-v-5-h b = -.11 p < .05 Men

Coefficient controlled for:
- Age
- Age^2
- Sex
- Type of settlement
- Health status
- Health index
- Education
- Income(ln)
- Job
- Social status
- Mariral status
- Children
- Year

Other methods have NS significance:
- Linear regression with random/fixed effects
- Panel logistic regression with random/fixed effects