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Correlational findings

Study Bartram (2011): study US 1995

Public
18-94 aged natives and immigrants, USA, 1995
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurvey 3
Sample
Respondents
N = 1339
Non Response
203
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Income
Our Classification
Error Estimates
Total sample: SD=25074 Natives: M=24487 Immigrants:M=27098 European & Canadian immigrants: M= 27860 Asian, African, & Latin-American immigrants: M=25297
Distribution
Total sample: M=39.900     Natives: M=39158
Immigrants: M=42459     European & Canadian immigrants: M= 52857
Asian, African, & Latin-American immigrants: M=37243
Operationalization
Respondent selects one of 10 income brackets (in US dollars) the household income is in. The author uses the midpoint of each income bracket to approximate respondents' household income. Finally, the log of income is taken.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-a Beta = +.07 p < .015 O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-a b = +.20 p < .015 B controlled for:
- Immigrant status
- Interaction ln(income)*immigrant status
- Children
- Age
- Unemployed
- Religion
- Health

Interaction immigrant*ln(hh income:
B=.56/Beta=.07 (p=.041)

When additionally controlled for financial satisfaction:
B=-.16 (p<.04) for log income
B=+.36 (p<.14) for log income*immigrant status

Similar results are found in an ordered logit model.