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Correlational findings

Study Ambrey et al. (2013): study AU Queensland 2000

Public
45+ aged general public, South East Queensland, Australia, 2000-2001
Survey name
AU-HILDA 2001
Sample
Respondents
N = 923
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Correlate

Authors's Label
Local status
Our Classification
Distribution
Local interaction: Mean=6.6262 ; SD=2.0119
Local disamenity; Mean10.5179 ; SD=2.8488
Local insecurity: Mean=10.0791; SD=3.5426
Operationalization
Respondent observes neighbourly interaction and support, disamenity, security in the neighbourhood

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLu-u-sq-n-11-a OPRC = +.07 p < .001 Local interaction O-SLu-u-sq-n-11-a OPRC = -.03 ns Local disamenity O-SLu-u-sq-n-11-a b = -.01 ns Local insecurity

OPRC's controlled for
- Personal characteristics
- Age
- Gender
- Aboriginal identity
- Immigrant
- English ability
- Marital status
- Parent status
- Number of children
- Health condition
- Education levels
- Employment status
- Household income (ln)
- Importance of religion
- Living years
- Others present
- Personality
- Major city

-Environment
- SEIFA index
- PM10 (μg/m3)
- Humidity (%)
- Rainfall (mm)
- Temperature (°C)
- Wind speed (meters/second)