Study Helliwell et al. (2014): study US 2004
- Public
- 18+ aged general public, urban areas, USA, 2008-2011
- Survey name
- INT-Gallup International
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 952433
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Social Capital close engagement (SC2)
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- No effect of interaction unemployment x SC2
- Operationalization
- Percentage of population or residents:
a. in multi-member households with common dinners everyday
b. who had more than 3 close friends
c. who talks with neighbors a few times per week
d. who did favors with neighbors once a month
e. who volunteered for or through religious oranizations.
Observed Relation with Happiness
- change in local employment
- individual characteristics
- age
- gender
- education
- marital status
- ethnicity
- household income (absolute)
- incomebrackets (relative)
- regional characteristics
- average household income
- country population density
- share of urban populstion
- share of owner-occupied housing
- share of minorities
- longitude and latitude of country centres
- social capital
- broad engagement
- intimate engagement
- interaction between regional unemployment and social capital