Huang & Humphreys (2010): study US 2005 /1

Publication

Author(s):

Huang, H.; Humphreys, B.R.

Title:

Sports Participation and Happiness: Evidence from U.S. Micro Data.

Source:

Working Paper 2010-9, University of Alberta, Department of Economics, 2010, Canada

Investigation

Public

18+ aged, general public, United States of America, 2005 - 2009

Survey name

US-BRFSS 2005-09

Sample

Probability multistage stratified area sample

Respondents

N = 1589266

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:

Self report on single question

In general, how satisfied are you with your life?
1  very dissatisfied
2  dissatisfied
3  satisfied
4  very satisfied

Classification:

O-SLu-g-sq-v-4-e

Author's label:

life satisfaction

Page in publication:

4

Observed distribution

Frequencies

1: 1%,   2: 4.4%,   3: 49.5%,   4: 45.1%   (total 100%)

Summary Statistics

On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10

Mean:

3.39 8.55

SD:

0.62 1.46

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Sports facilities Access to sports facilities
Sports facilities in vicinity
Build environment Annual household income Household income Gender Sex: male (vs female) Age Current age (in years) Education Level of school-education Marital status Married (vs never married)
Never married (vs formerly married: widowed + divorced+ separated) Employment status Full-time home maker
Unfit for work
Unemployed involuntary
Working of students
Current status: retired or not
Involved in schooling or not
Self employed
Became unemployed Race Ethnic status in the USA Median household income in county Income level in vicinity
Average income in region Population per square mile land in county Population density in vicinity
Population density in region Percent population in urban areas in county Rural dwelling (vs urban)
Urbanization of region Percent owner-occupied housing in county House ownership in vicinity
House ownership in region Percent minority in county Ethnic status in the USA
Ethnic composition of region