| Study | Luttmer (2005): study US 1987 |
| Title | Neighbors as Negatives: Relative Earnings and Well-Being. |
| Source | Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2005, 963-1002 |
| URL | http://www.nber.org/~luttmer/relative.pdf |
| Public | 19+ aged couples, United States, followed 6 years, 1987-1994 |
| Sample | Probability multi-stage cluster sample |
| Non-Response | |
| Respondents N = | 8944 |
| Correlate | |
| Author's label | household size |
| Page in Source | Table 1 |
| Our classification | Number of persons in household |
| Operationalization | Number of persons (log) |
| Observed distribution | M:0.9; SD:0.56 |
| Observed Relation with Happiness | ||
| Happiness Measure | Statistics | Elaboration/Remarks |
| O-HL-c-sq-n-7-b | Beta=-.18 p < .05 | Beta controlled for: - Income relative to neighborhood - Household income - Value of home - Renter - Usual working hours - Employment status - Gender - Age - Race - Years of education - Religion |
| Code | Full Text |
| O-HL-c-sq-n-7-b | Selfreport on single question: Next are some questions about how you see yourself and your life. Taking all things together, how would you say things are these days? 1 very unhappy 2 3 4 5 6 7 very happy |
| Symbol | Explanation |
| Beta | STANDARDIZED REGRESSION COEFFICIENT by LEAST SQUARES (OLS) Type: test statistic. Measurement level: Correlates: all metric, Happiness: metric. Range: [-1 ; +1] Meaning: beta > 0 « a higher correlate level corresponds to a higher happiness rating on average. beta < 0 « a higher correlate level corresponds to a higher happiness rating on average. beta = 0 « no correlation. beta = + 1 or -1 « perfect correlation. |