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. 2013 Sep 3;8(9):e72754. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072754

Table 4. Regressions with alternative measures of SWB: Life satisfaction and happiness - the Happiness Monitor survey.

Satisfaction Satisfaction Happiness Happiness
(1) (2) (3) (4)
Real-life friends: 10–20 0.51 0.54
(0.09)*** (0.09)***
Real-life friends: 20–30 0.67 0.69
(0.14)*** (0.12)***
Real-life friends: 30 or more 0.48 0.7
(0.15)*** (0.14)***
Online friends: 1–100 −.16 −.13
(0.1) (0.1)
Online friends: 100–300 −.18 0.02
(0.14) (0.13)
Online friends: 300 or more −.30 0.09
(0.19) (0.18)
Size of network: Real-life friends 0.29 0.37
(0.06)*** (0.05)***
Size of network: Online friends −.04 −.004
(0.02)* (0.02)
Logged income 0.42 0.42 0.33 0.33
(0.08)*** (0.08)*** (0.07)*** (0.07)***
Income unknown 0.08 0.08 −.04 −.05
(0.11) (0.11) (0.11) (0.11)
Male −.07 −.08 −.20 −.21
(0.09) (0.09) (0.08)*** (0.08)***
Age −.11 −.11 −.08 −.09
(0.02)*** (0.02)*** (0.02)*** (0.01)***
Age2/100 0.12 0.12 0.1 0.11
(0.02)*** (0.02)*** (0.02)*** (0.02)***
Marital status: married 0.76 0.75 0.6 0.59
(0.13)*** (0.13)*** (0.12)*** (0.12)***
Marital status: common-law 0.59 0.58 0.77 0.76
(0.17)*** (0.17)*** (0.15)*** (0.15)***
Marital status: dating 0.08 0.06 0.56 0.56
(0.25) (0.25) (0.23)** (0.23)**
Marital status: single −.25 −.27 −.01 −.02
(0.17) (0.17) (0.16) (0.16)
Some post-secondary −.01 −.01 −.17 −.16
(0.13) (0.13) (0.11) (0.11)
University degrees −.03 −.02 −.23 −.22
(0.11) (0.11) (0.1)** (0.1)**
Unemployed −1.19 −1.19 −.78 −.78
(0.24)*** (0.24)*** (0.23)*** (0.23)***
Exercise per week; hours 0.11 0.11 0.1 0.1
(0.02)*** (0.02)*** (0.02)*** (0.02)***
Volunteer or contribute to charity 0.58 0.58 0.47 0.47
(0.09)*** (0.09)*** (0.08)*** (0.09)***
Obs. 4663 4663 4722 4722
Inline graphic 0.12 0.12 0.1 0.09

Notes: Standard errors in parentheses. *, **, and *** indicate statistical significance at 90 percent, 95 percent and 99 percent levels.