. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 9.

Published in final edited form as: Demogr Res. 2015 Jun 3;32:1267–1298. doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2015.32.46

Table 2:

Estimated odds ratios from ordered logistic regression models of happiness

	Model 1	Model 2	Model 3	Model 4	Model 5
Living arrangements
Unmarried, living with others^a	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Unmarried, living alone	0.79 ^*	0.80 ^*	0.79 ^*	0.93	0.78
Married	3.82 ^**	3.76 ^**	3.96 ^**	5.51 ^**	4.00 ^**
Age	0.96 ^**	0.95 ^**	0.95 ^**	0.95 ^**	0.95 ^**
Sex
Male^a	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Female	1.38 ^**	1.49 ^**	1.50 ^**	2.05 ^**	1.49 ^**
Sex x living arrangements
Female x unmarried, living alone				0.76
Female x married				0.52 ^**
Educational Attainment
High school or less^a	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Jr. college/vocational school	1.34 ^**	1.22 ^**	1.19 ^*	1.18 ^*	1.29 ^*
University	1.72 ^**	1.43 ^**	1.40 ^**	1.36 ^**	1.36 ^**
Education x living arrangements
Jr. college/vocational x unmarried, living alone					0.76
University x unmarried, living alone					1.15
Jr. college/vocational x married					0.89
University x married					1.04
Subjective social status (range 1–10)		1.17 ^**	1.16 ^**	1.16 ^**	1.16 ^**
Comparative financial well-being (range 1–5)		1.26 ^**	1.25 ^**	1.26 ^**	1.25 ^**
Employment Status
Not working		0.77 ^**	0.79 ^**	0.92	0.80 ^**
Regular employment^a		1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Non-standard employment		0.77 ^**	0.78 ^**	0.86 ^#	0.78 ^**
Self-employment		1.02	1.00	1.07	1.00
Missing employment status		1.35	1.40	1.50	1.40
Frequency of getting together with friends
Less than once a month (omitted)			1.00	1.00	1.00
Once a month or more			1.22 ^**	1.21 ^**	1.22 ^**
Membership in any social organizations
No^a			1.00	1.00	1.00
Yes			1.32 ^**	1.32 ^**	1.32 ^**
Survey year
2000^a	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
2001	1.27 ^*	1.32 ^**	1.32 ^**	1.32 ^**	1.32 ^**
2002	1.05	1.08	1.06	1.06	1.06
2003	1.06	1.14	1.21 ^#	1.21 ^#	1.22
2005	1.17	1.29 ^*	1.29 ^*	1.29 ^*	1.29 ^*
2006	1.27 ^*	1.33 ^**	1.32 ^**	1.31 ^**	1.32 ^**
2008	1.34 ^**	1.43 ^**	1.41 ^**	1.40 ^**	1.40 ^**
2010	1.44 ^**	1.51 ^**	1.50 ^**	1.47 ^**	1.50^**
Cut 1	−4.75	−3.70	−3.54	−3.30	−3.53
Cut 2	−2.82	−1.74	−1.57	−1.32	−1.56
Cut 3	−0.79	0.34	0.52	0.78	0.53
Cut 4	0.88	2.06	2.25	2.52	2.26
N	4,861	4,861	4,861	4,861	4,861

log-likelihood	−6,038	−5,942	−5,925	−5,911	−5,924
degrees of freedom	13	19	21	23	25
p value of likelihood ratio test		0.00	0.00	0.00	0.74

Note:

^**

p < .01,

p<.05,

p<.10

:omitted category