| Study | Cavalcanti et al. (2009): study ZZ 2005 |
| Title | Is Brazil the Land of Happiness? A comparative Study Using a Sample with conomics Students from UFPE and purdue. |
| Source | Brazilian Review of Econometrics, 2009, Vol. 29, 17 - 35 |
| URL | http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/ojs/index.php/bre/article/viewArticle/2694 |
| Public | University students, Brazil and United States, 2005-2006 |
| Sample | Non-probability purposive sample |
| Non-Response | |
| Respondents N = | 185 |
| Correlate | |
| Author's label | Gender |
| Page in Source | 22-25 |
| Our classification | Sex (male vs female) |
| Operationalization | 1 Male 0 Female |
| Observed distribution | %Male %Female Purdue students 71 29 UFPE students 68 32 |
| Observed Relation with Happiness | ||
| Happiness Measure | Statistics | Elaboration/Remarks |
| O-HL-u-sq-v-3-d | OLRC=-.25 ns | OLRC controlled for: - nationality - age |
| O-HL-u-sq-v-3-d | OLRC=-.41 ns | OLRC additionally controlled for: - income |
| O-HL-u-sq-v-3-d | OLRC=+.27 ns | OLRC additionally controlled for: - employment status When not controlled for nationality: USA: OLRC= -1.031 (p<.05) Brazil: OLRC= +0.23 (ns) |
| Code | Full Text |
| O-HL-u-sq-v-3-d | Selfreport on single question: Are you happy? 1 I am not happy 2 I am pretty happy 3 I am very happy |
| Symbol | Explanation |
| OLRC | OLRC: Regression coefficient in ordered categorical logistic regression. Only the sign of the computed coefficient is informative. Happiness is an ordered categorical variable. Higher categories correspond to being happier. OLRC < 0 indicates that the odds of being beyond a chosen happiness category-to- be-ing at or below that category decreases when 1) the corresponding metric correlate increases 2) the corresponding category of a categorical correlate is compared to the reference category. OLRC > 0 indicates an increase in the odds for both the above cases. |