Independent Variables:
SRCBELT SRC BELTCODE - 0 NOT ASSIGNED;
1 = 12 LRGST SMSA'S;
2 = SMSA'S 13-100;
3 = SUBURB, 12 LRGST;
4 = SUBURB, 13-100;
5 = OTHER URBAN;
6 = OTHER RURAL
Recoded as City (1, 2), Suburbs (3,4),
Rural (5,6)
Dependent Variables:
HAPPMAR
MNTLHLTH
GUNLAW
ABANY
TEENSEX
“Taking all things together how would you describe your marriage?”
FIGURES 1-4.
"Now thinking about your mental health, which includes stress, depression, and problems with emotions, for how many days during the past 30 days was your mental health not good?"
Recoded as 0, 1-5, 6-30.
FIGURE 5.
“Would you favor or oppose a law which would require a person to obtain a police permit before he …show more content…
Happiness of couples by area of residence.
N=361GSSYEAR2006
Statistics for AGE = 3(OLD)
Cells contain:
-Column percent
-N of cases SRCBELT 1
LARGECITY 2
SUBURBS 3
RURAL ROW
TOTAL
HAPMAR 1: VERY HAPPY 72.7
32 64.9
63 65.9
145 66.5
240
2: PRETTY HAPPY 27.3
12 32.0
31 32.3
71 31.6
114
3: NOT TOO HAPPY .0
0 3.1
3 1.8
4 1.9
7
COL TOTAL 100.0
44 100.0
97 100.0
220 100.0
361
Color coding: 2.0 Z
N in each cell: Smaller than expected Larger than expected
FIGURE 4. Happiness of couples by area of residence.
N=830GSSYEAR2006
Statistics for all valid cases
Cells contain:
-Column percent
-N of cases SRCBELT 1
LARGECITY 2
SUBURBS 3
RURAL ROW
TOTAL
HAPMAR 1: VERY HAPPY 65.0
67 64.9
144 63.2
319 63.9
530
2: PRETTY HAPPY 33.0
34 32.0
71 34.3
173 33.5
278
3: NOT TOO HAPPY 1.9
2 3.2
7 2.6
13 2.7
22
COL TOTAL 100.0
103 100.0
222 100.0
505 100.0
830
Color coding: 2.0 Z
N in each cell: Smaller than expected Larger than expected
Hypothesis:
People who live in larger cities are more likely to suffer from stress, depression, and problems with emotions more than those who live in a rural area.