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Table 2 Mean of dependent variables

From: Differences in migrants’ reason for migration and subjective well-being: not so different after all

 

UK-born

Employment

Study

Family

Asylum

Other

Happiness

7.34

7.66

7.49

7.46

7.41

7.31

(2.14)

(1.79)

(1.99)

(2.15)

(2.22)

(2.33)

Anxiety

6.94

7.18

6.81

6.92

6.96

6.82

(2.88)

(2.71)

(2.78)

(2.87)

(2.87)

(2.95)

Life satisfaction

7.52

7.71

7.56

7.53

7.43

7.43

(1.80)

(1.59)

(1.64)

(1.85)

(1.95)

(2.05)

Worthwhile

7.79

7.85

7.85

7.80

7.68

7.62

(1.71)

(1.54)

(1.56)

(1.73)

(1.84)

(1.89)

N

770,028

37,766

18,175

39,893

7,775

10,080

  1. Unweighted observations from the personal well-being respondents, using APS datasets April 2012–April 2021. First line is mean. Standard deviation in parentheses
  2. Note that the scale for Anxiety is reversed (i.e. higher values indicate less anxiety)