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Table 6 Association of reason for migration with subjective well-being indicators: excluding EU-nationals

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

 

Happiness

Anxiety

Life satisfaction

Worthwhile

Employment

0.135

− 0.170*

− 0.007

0.122

(0.094)

(0.089)

(0.103)

(0.079)

Study

0.064

− 0.322**

− 0.055

0.151

(0.087)

(0.097)

(0.094)

(0.089)

Family

0.099

− 0.143

− 0.005

0.104

(0.099)

(0.084)

(0.094)

(0.086)

Asylum

0.065

− 0.109

− 0.069

0.022

(0.077)

(0.096)

(0.062)

(0.007)

Individual controls

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Local authority dummies

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Country of birth dummies

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Survey quarter × year fixed effects

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

N

841,331

841,331

841,331

841,331

  1. Standard errors clustered by survey year, using unweighted APS data for working age population, 2012–2021
  2. Note that the scale for Anxiety is reversed (i.e. higher values indicate less anxiety)
  3. *p < 0.10, **p < 0.05