Correlational findings | World Database of Happiness

Study Ruprah (2010): study ZZ Latin America 1997

Public: 18+ aged, general public, Latin America, 1997-2007
Survey name: Latinobarometro 9710
Sample
Respondents: N = 147446
Non Response
Assessment: Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label

Economic situation

Our Classification

Operationalization

A: Very bad (reference)
B: Bad
C: Regular
D: Good
E: very good

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure

Statistics

Elaboration / Remarks

C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c

OLRC = +.41 p < .01

VERY GOOD (vs Very bad)

C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c

OLRC = +.27 p < .01

GOOD (vs Very bad)

C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c

OLRC = +.19 p < .01

REGULAR (vs Very bad)

C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c

OLRC = +.09 p < .01

BAD       (Vs very bad)

OLRCs controlled for:
- GDP per capita
- country
- year
- size of city
- socio-demographic characteristics
  - gender
  - education
  - age
  - employment status
  - marital status
- homeownership