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Correlational findings

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
Unemployed
Our Classification
Distribution
Total sample: M=6.82;      Natives: M=5.9       Total immigrants:10.0;      European and Canadian immigrants: M=2.4;        Asian, African, & Latin-American immigrants: M=13.9
Operationalization
1 = unemployed
0 = student, retired, employed part-time, employed full-time

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-a Beta = -.05 p < .037 O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-a b = -.47 p < .037 Beta and B controlled for:
- Immigrant status
- Log income
- Interaction income*immigrant status
- Marital status
- Children
- Age
- Religion
- Health

B -.50 (p<.01) when additionally controlled for financial satisfaction

Similar results are found in an ordered logit model