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
- Immigrant Status
- Our Classification
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- Distribution
- Total sample: M=1534; Natives: M=1414 Total immigrants:120; European and Canadian immigrants: M=41; Asian, African, & Latin-American immigrants: N=79
- Operationalization
- Selfreport on single question: Were you born in the UNITED STATES?
0: Yes
1: No
If 'no': Where were you born?
A: Africa
b: Latin America
c: Canada
d: Asia
e: Europe
Observed Relation with Happiness
- all M=7.46 / M=7.68 - 0.22
- Canada, Europe M=8.03 +.0.35
- Africa, Asia, Latin M=7.18 -.0.50
- Ln(income)
- Interaction ln(income)*immigrant status,
- Children,
- Age,
- Unemployed,
- Religion,
- Health.
Interaction immigrant*ln(hh income) B=.56(p=.041)
B when controlled for 'financial satisfaction' in addition:
B=-1.3 (p<.13) for immigrant status
B=+.36 (p<.14) for ln (hh)income*immigrants status
Similar results are found in an ordered logit model.