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Table 7 Association of reason for migration with indicators of high subjective well-being

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

 

Happiness

Anxiety

Life satisfaction

Worthwhile

Employment

0.017

− 0.045***

− 0.012

− 0.003

(0.024)

(0.011)

(0.024)

(0.023)

Study

0.007

− 0.054***

− 0.025

− 0.009

(0.025)

(0.010)

(0.021)

(0.023)

Family

0.006

− 0.049***

− 0.012

− 0.005

(0.026)

(0.009)

(0.022)

(0.022)

Asylum

0.004

− 0.047***

− 0.017

− 0.003

(0.017)

(0.010)

(0.021)

(0.024)

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

883,717

883,717

883,717

883,717

  1. Standard errors clustered by survey year, using unweighted APS data for working age population, 2012–2021
  2. ***p < 0.01. Note that the scale for the Anxiety is reversed (i.e. higher values indicate less anxiety)