Table 3. Regressions with life ladder as the dependent variable - the Happiness Monitor survey.
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | |
| Real-life friends: 10–20 | 0.5 | 0.29 | 0.26 | |||
| (0.07)*** | (0.07)*** | (0.06)*** | ||||
| Real-life friends: 20–30 | 0.71 | 0.32 | 0.29 | |||
| (0.1)*** | (0.1)*** | (0.09)*** | ||||
| Real-life friends: 30 or more | 0.67 | 0.36 | 0.3 | |||
| (0.12)*** | (0.11)*** | (0.11)*** | ||||
| Online friends: 1–100 | −.31 | −.15 | −.10 | |||
| (0.07)*** | (0.07)** | (0.06) | ||||
| Online friends: 100–300 | −.69 | −.18 | −.17 | |||
| (0.09)*** | (0.1)* | (0.09)* | ||||
| Online friends: 300 or more | −.81 | −.21 | −.15 | |||
| (0.13)*** | (0.14) | (0.13) | ||||
| Size of network: Real-life friends | 0.33 | 0.19 | 0.16 | |||
| (0.04)*** | (0.04)*** | (0.04)*** | ||||
| Size of network: Online friends | −.13 | −.04 | −.03 | |||
| (0.02)*** | (0.02)** | (0.01)** | ||||
| Logged income | 0.43 | 0.43 | 0.45 | 0.45 | ||
| (0.06)*** | (0.06)*** | (0.06)*** | (0.06)*** | |||
| Income unknown | 0.14 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.11 | ||
| (0.08) | (0.08) | (0.08) | (0.08) | |||
| Male | −.16 | −.17 | −.21 | −.22 | ||
| (0.06)*** | (0.06)*** | (0.06)*** | (0.06)*** | |||
| Age | −.08 | −.08 | −.06 | −.06 | ||
| (0.01)*** | (0.01)*** | (0.01)*** | (0.01)*** | |||
| Age squared/100 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.08 | 0.08 | ||
| (0.01)*** | (0.01)*** | (0.01)*** | (0.01)*** | |||
| Marital status: married | 0.75 | 0.74 | 0.76 | 0.76 | ||
| (0.1)*** | (0.1)*** | (0.09)*** | (0.09)*** | |||
| Marital status: common-law | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.67 | 0.68 | ||
| (0.12)*** | (0.12)*** | (0.11)*** | (0.11)*** | |||
| Marital status: dating | 0.65 | 0.64 | 0.68 | 0.67 | ||
| (0.19)*** | (0.19)*** | (0.18)*** | (0.18)*** | |||
| Marital status: single | 0.29 | 0.28 | 0.3 | 0.29 | ||
| (0.13)*** | (0.12)** | (0.12)** | (0.12)** | |||
| Some post-secondary | −.002 | −.001 | 0.02 | 0.02 | ||
| (0.09) | (0.09) | (0.09) | (0.09) | |||
| University degrees | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.07 | ||
| (0.08) | (0.08) | (0.07) | (0.07) | |||
| Unemployed | −1.07 | −1.07 | −1.03 | −1.03 | ||
| (0.18)*** | (0.18)*** | (0.17)*** | (0.17)*** | |||
| Exercise per week; hours | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.06 | ||
| (0.02)*** | (0.02)*** | (0.02)*** | (0.02)*** | |||
| Volunteer or contribute to charity | 0.36 | 0.36 | 0.35 | 0.35 | ||
| (0.06)*** | (0.06)*** | (0.06)*** | (0.06)*** | |||
| Average stress levels; 0 to 1 | −2.24 | −2.24 | ||||
| (0.13)*** | (0.13)*** | |||||
| Obs. | 4489 | 4489 | 4428 | 4428 | 4416 | 4416 |
|
0.03 | 0.03 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.24 | 0.24 |
Notes: Standard errors in parentheses. *, **, and *** indicate statistical significance at 90 percent, 95 percent and 99 percent levels.