Table 8 Definition of all variables included in the estimations
From: Differences in migrants’ reason for migration and subjective well-being: not so different after all
Variables | Definition |
|---|---|
Marital status (Single is the baseline category) | |
Married | Married = 1, otherwise = 0 |
Divorced | Divorced = 1, otherwise = 0 |
Widowed | Widowed = 1, otherwise = 0 |
Other marital status | Other marital status = 1, otherwise = 0 |
Religion (no religion is the baseline category) | |
Christian | Christian = 1, otherwise = 0 |
Protestant | Protestant = 1, otherwise = 0 |
Buddhist | Buddhist = 1, otherwise = 0 |
Hindu | Hindu = 1, otherwise = 0 |
Jewish | Jewish = 1, otherwise = 0 |
Muslim | Muslim = 1, otherwise = 0 |
Sik | Sik = 1, otherwise = 0 |
Other religion | Other religion = 1, otherwise = 0 |
Ethnicity | |
Mixed/multiple | Mixed/multiple = 1, otherwise = 0. White is the baseline category |
Asian/Asian British | Asian/Asian British = 1, otherwise = 0. White is the baseline category |
Black/Black British | Black/Black British = 1, otherwise = 0. White is the baseline category |
Arab | Arab = 1, otherwise = 0. White is the baseline category |
Other ethnicity | Other ethnicity = 1, otherwise = 0. White is the baseline category |
Other demographic/social/household | |
Female | Female = 1, Male = 0 |
Age | In years |
Dependent children | Number of dependent children in household aged under 19 |
Education | Age when completed full time education |
Employment status | |
Employed | 1 = Employed, Unemployed = 0 |
Migration related (UK-born is the baseline category) | |
Employment | Migrated for employment = 1, otherwise = 0 |
Study | Migrated for study = 1, otherwise = 0 |
Family | Migrated for family = 1, otherwise = 0 |
Asylum | Migrated for asylum = 1, otherwise = 0 |
Other reason migration | Migrated for other reason = 1, otherwise = 0 |
Years since migration | Dummy variables indicating 0–4 years, 5–9 years, 10–14 years, 15–19 years, and 20 years and above since migration to the UK |
Health (very bad is the baseline category.) | |
Bad health | Bad health = 1, otherwise = 0 |
Fair health | Fair health = 1, otherwise = 0 |
Good health | Good health = 1, otherwise = 0 |
Very good health | Very good health = 1, otherwise = 0 |
Subjective well-being | |
Happiness—full scale | Original question in the APS is “How happy did you feel yesterday? (where nought is 'not at all happy' and 10 is 'completely happy')” |
Happiness—high well-being scale | Original question in the APS is “How happy did you feel yesterday? (where nought is 'not at all happy' and 10 is 'completely happy')”. Dummy variable = 1 for respondents in top quartile, otherwise = 0 |
Anxiety—full scale | Original question in the APS is “How anxious did you feel yesterday? (where nought is 'not at all anxious and 10 is 'completely anxious)” |
Anxiety—high well-being scale | Original question in the APS is “How anxious did you feel yesterday? (where nought is 'not at all anxious and 10 is 'completely anxious)”. Dummy variable = 1 for respondents in top quartile, otherwise = 0 |
Life satisfaction—full scale | Original question in the APS is “Overall, how satisfied are you with your life nowadays? where nought is 'not at all satisfied' and 10 is 'completely satisfied'” |
Life satisfaction—high well-being scale | Original question in the APS is “Overall, how satisfied are you with your life nowadays? where nought is 'not at all satisfied' and 10 is 'completely satisfied'”. Dummy variable = 1 for respondents in top quartile, otherwise = 0 |
Worthwhile—full scale | Original question in the APS is “Overall, to what extent do you feel that the things you do in your life are worthwhile? where nought is 'not at all worthwhile' and 10 is 'completely worthwhile'” |
Worthwhile—high well-being scale | Original question in the APS is “Overall, to what extent do you feel that the things you do in your life are worthwhile? where nought is 'not at all worthwhile' and 10 is 'completely worthwhile'”. Dummy variable = 1 for respondents in top quartile, otherwise = 0 |
Other | |
Local authority | Dummy variables for each local authority identifier |
Survey quarter × year | Dummy variables for each of the 4 survey quarters (January–March, April–June, July–September, October–December) for every year of survey data (2012–2021) |
Country of birth | Dummy variable for each of the countries of birth listed in the APS |