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

Country effect

Our Classification

Operationalization

17 Latin American countries

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure

Statistics

Elaboration / Remarks

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

OLRC = -.75 p < .01

REGRESSION coefficient in ORDERED categorical LOGISTIC analysis.

Only the sign of the computed coefficient is informative.

Happiness is an ordered categorical variable. Higher categories correspond to being happier.

OLRC < 0 indicates that the odds of being beyond a chosen happiness category-to- be-ing at or below that category decreases when

1) the corresponding metric correlate increases
2) the corresponding category of a categorical correlate is compared to the reference category.

OLRC > 0 indicates an increase in the odds for both the above cases.

ARGENTINA (vs Venezuela)

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

OLRC = -.01 ns

REGRESSION coefficient in ORDERED categorical LOGISTIC analysis.

BOLIVIA (vs Venezuela)

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

OLRC = -.65 p < .01

REGRESSION coefficient in ORDERED categorical LOGISTIC analysis.

BRAZIL (vs Venezuela)

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

OLRC = -.88 p < .01

REGRESSION coefficient in ORDERED categorical LOGISTIC analysis.

CHILE (vs Venezuela)

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

OLRC = +.22 ns

REGRESSION coefficient in ORDERED categorical LOGISTIC analysis.

COLOMBIA (vs Venezuela)

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

OLRC = -.02 ns

REGRESSION coefficient in ORDERED categorical LOGISTIC analysis.

COSTA RICA (vs Venezuela)

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

OLRC = -.44 p < .01

REGRESSION coefficient in ORDERED categorical LOGISTIC analysis.

ECUADOR (vs Venezuela)

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

OLRC = +.56 ns

REGRESSION coefficient in ORDERED categorical LOGISTIC analysis.

GUATEMALA (vs Venezuela)

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

OLRC = +.86 p < .05

REGRESSION coefficient in ORDERED categorical LOGISTIC analysis.

HONDURAS (vs Venezuela)

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

OLRC = -.49 p < .01

REGRESSION coefficient in ORDERED categorical LOGISTIC analysis.

MEXICO (vs Venezuela)

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

OLRC = +.89 ns

REGRESSION coefficient in ORDERED categorical LOGISTIC analysis.

NICARAGUA (vs Venezuela)

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

OLRC = -.20 p < .05

REGRESSION coefficient in ORDERED categorical LOGISTIC analysis.

PANAMA (vs Venezuela)

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

OLRC = -.57 p < .01

REGRESSION coefficient in ORDERED categorical LOGISTIC analysis.

PERU (vs Venezuela)

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

OLRC = +.24 ns

REGRESSION coefficient in ORDERED categorical LOGISTIC analysis.

PARAGUAY (vs Venezuela)

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

OLRC = +.13 ns

REGRESSION coefficient in ORDERED categorical LOGISTIC analysis.

EL SALVADOR (vs Venezuela)

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

OLRC = -.60 p < .01

REGRESSION coefficient in ORDERED categorical LOGISTIC analysis.

URUGUAY       (vs Venezuela)

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