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
- Religion
- Our Classification
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- Distribution
- Total sample: M=8.2; Natives: M=8.2 Total immigrants:8.0; European and Canadian immigrants: M=7.7; Asian, African, & Latin-American immigrants: M=8.1
- Operationalization
- Selfreport on single question: "How important is God in your life?"
1= not at all; 10= very
Observed Relation with Happiness
- Immigrant status,
- Ln(income)
- Interaction ln(income)*immigrant status,
- Marital status,
- Age,
- Children,
- Unemployed,
- Health.
B=+.06 (p<001) when additionally controlled for 'financial satisfaction
Similar results are found in an ordered logit model.