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Table 6 Full results for the effect of moving to larger accommodation over time (part two)

From: The Relationship Between Size of Living Space and Subjective Well-Being

Variables 5 year sample 7 year sample life_sat life_sat GHQ_caseness GHQ_caseness
housing_sat housing_sat
yearmovem1 (M − 1) −0.489*** −0.454*** −0.00981 0.0208 −0.103 −0.227
−0.0762 −0.111 −0.0543 −0.0795 −0.149 −0.213
yearmove0 (M0) 0.777*** 1.016*** 0.0576 0.126 −0.0346 0.0223
−0.0973 −0.128 −0.068 −0.096 −0.19 −0.268
yearmove1 (M + 1) 0.448*** 0.709*** −0.145* −0.12 −0.058 −0.0421
−0.107 −0.131 −0.0766 −0.101 −0.218 −0.296
yearmove2 (M + 2) 0.338*** 0.550*** −0.219** −0.167 0.0549 −0.05
−0.116 −0.141 −0.0869 −0.112 −0.253 −0.309
yearmove3 (M + 3) 0.509***   −0.0881   −0.14  
  −0.135   −0.121   −0.323
yearmove4 (M + 4) 0.482***   −0.242*   −0.287  
  −0.146   −0.128   −0.358
Household size 0.222 0.0375 −0.139 0.0425 0.197 −0.157
−0.14 −0.106 −0.113 −0.124 −0.35 −0.292
commute_time 0.000291 −0.00114 −7.30E−06 −0.00155 −0.00589** −0.0139***
−0.00145 −0.00138 −0.00114 −0.00127 −0.00275 −0.00449
resi_carer −0.472 0.14 −0.482 −0.506 −0.171 0.502
−0.322 −0.332 −0.317 −0.309 −0.76 −0.528
non_resi_care 0.00912 −0.0471 −0.075 −0.137 −0.103 −0.51
−0.145 −0.151 −0.0935 −0.107 −0.313 −0.355
frequency_meeting_people 0.365 0.309 0.131 0.275 0.431 0.613
−0.259 −0.238 −0.198 −0.2 −0.6 −0.67
housework −0.00273 −0.00499 −0.00741* −0.00935* 0.00627 −0.00126
−0.00664 −0.00594 −0.00392 −0.00514 −0.00947 −0.00988
irsmoker −0.0225 −0.0429 0.0458 −0.107 −0.0238 −0.352
−0.0911 −0.119 −0.0845 −0.115 −0.212 −0.245
Multi_Dep_Score 0.00669 0.00417 0.00275 0.0108 −0.00358 −0.00301
−0.00851 −0.0105 −0.00614 −0.00667 −0.0159 −0.0207
Income_Score −0.00785 0.00437 −0.011 −0.0332** 0.0141 0.00595
−0.022 −0.0277 −0.012 −0.0157 −0.0392 −0.0584
Employment_Score −0.0191 −0.0461 0.0188 0.0492** −0.0175 −0.0272
−0.0337 −0.0454 −0.0184 −0.0224 −0.0501 −0.0823
Health_Disab_Score 0.0217 0.017 0.00727 −0.00942 0.0175 0.0236
−0.0211 −0.0253 −0.0126 −0.0135 −0.0221 −0.0236
Education_Score −0.0103 −0.00471 −0.00353 −0.00327 0.00851 0.00494
−0.00697 −0.00841 −0.00425 −0.00529 −0.0122 −0.0153
winter 0.0137 −0.0449 0.0341 −0.0414 0.0368 −0.127
−0.0732 −0.0725 −0.0484 −0.0576 −0.15 −0.173
poor_health 0.138 0.124 −0.233* −0.386*** −0.459 −1.414***
−0.146 −0.138 −0.136 −0.137 −0.411 −0.379
married −0.783** −0.471 0.472** 0.307 −0.106 0.162
−0.322 −0.463 −0.192 −0.296 −0.634 −0.607
cohabiting −0.455 −0.159 0.462** 0.191 0.259 −0.0166
−0.316 −0.441 −0.18 −0.272 −0.596 −0.506
widowed −2.001*** −0.618 0.574 −0.248 0.116 −0.738
−0.671 −0.699 −0.487 −0.47 −1.4 −1.084
div_sep −0.753 −0.235 0.121 0.28 −0.187 −1.198
−0.469 −0.565 −0.339 −0.465 −0.88 −0.883
owner 0.0421 −0.448* −0.0618 −0.0214 −0.514 −0.74
−0.238 −0.271 −0.128 −0.177 −0.354 −0.594
public −0.447 0.046 0.132 0.0295 0.358 0.872*
−0.297 −0.284 −0.231 −0.229 −0.525 −0.483
private −0.301 −0.054 −0.063 −0.158 0.488 0.49
−0.253 −0.33 −0.164 −0.235 −0.611 −1.101
log_hh_income 0.0627 0.0607 0.138** −0.00212 0.0353 0.0647
−0.103 −0.0755 −0.0659 −0.0627 −0.158 −0.137
log_ind_income −0.0193 0.0342 −0.0234 0.00888 −0.0609 −0.203**
−0.0465 −0.0396 −0.0303 −0.0414 −0.0822 −0.0838
detached 0.409 −0.111 0.185 −0.217 −0.0147 −0.782
−0.387 −0.28 −0.171 −0.187 −0.814 −1.112
semi 0.221 −0.208 0.167 −0.294 0.179 −0.653
−0.371 −0.281 −0.163 −0.19 −0.802 −1.113
terrace 0.158 −0.282 0.151 −0.308 −0.182 −0.985
−0.365 −0.282 −0.163 −0.193 −0.799 −1.109
flat −0.227 −0.618** −0.0412 −0.588*** −0.226 −1.123
−0.383 −0.31 −0.171 −0.196 −0.846 −1.27
employed −0.11 −0.0845 −0.0527 0.00404 0.974*** 0.631**
−0.118 −0.106 −0.0931 −0.095 −0.253 −0.272
retired 0.565 1.191 0.334 0.644 0.742 −0.252
−0.755 −1.203 −0.54 −0.771 −0.65 −0.617
student −0.349 0.0357 −0.128 0.231 0.162 −0.394
−0.348 −0.341 −0.284 −0.399 −0.775 −0.905
house_value −2.64E−07 1.51E−07 −1.08E−07 −3.82E−07 −9.02E−07 −1.49e−06*
−6.56E−07 −3.31E−07 −4.05E−07 −2.73E−07 −1.10E−06 −8.63E−07
child_0_2 −0.127 −0.196* 0.0811 0.058 −0.216 −0.319
−0.114 −0.1 −0.0922 −0.0829 −0.235 −0.214
child_3_4 −0.0543 −0.162** 0.03 0.0342 −0.00621 −0.105
−0.0995 −0.0776 −0.0824 −0.0738 −0.2 −0.198
child_5_11 −0.0729 −0.0692 0.0523 0.093 0.151 0.143
−0.12 −0.091 −0.0924 −0.0773 −0.211 −0.206
child_12_15 0.185 0.126 0.0708 0.0875 0.203 0.0905
−0.173 −0.135 −0.131 −0.101 −0.285 −0.26
child_16_18 −0.00261 0.159 0.111 0.0128 0.0351 −0.335
−0.182 −0.185 −0.195 −0.178 −0.483 −0.484
kids_total −0.153 0.0424 0.192 −0.0376 0.0711 0.404
−0.172 −0.132 −0.139 −0.135 −0.393 −0.334
housing_costs 5.99E−05 −0.000350* −0.00017 −6.02E−05 −0.00053 −0.00041
−0.00022 −0.00018 −0.00011 −0.00016 −0.00036 −0.00041
Leaky Roof 0.108 −0.0964 0.0602 0.0113 0.379 −0.315
−0.182 −0.172 −0.106 −0.114 −0.29 −0.376
Garden 0.16 0.137 −0.0958 −0.195 −0.373 −0.174
−0.204 −0.274 −0.124 −0.185 −0.264 −0.305
neighbour_noise −0.0703 −0.380*** 0.084 −0.0789 −0.0364 −0.159
−0.106 −0.107 −0.0683 −0.0806 −0.211 −0.233
street_noise −0.0634 −0.032 −0.0202 −0.0685 −0.139 −0.158
−0.0999 −0.103 −0.0611 −0.0678 −0.152 −0.186
no_light −0.195 −0.196 0.0523 0.0527 0.0548 0.152
−0.136 −0.133 −0.0755 −0.109 −0.233 −0.298
poor_heating −0.141 −0.19 −0.165 −0.00306 0.255 −0.176
−0.194 −0.191 −0.129 −0.157 −0.304 −0.276
condensation −0.321*** −0.356*** −0.0792 −0.198** 0.0991 −0.0923
−0.096 −0.111 −0.063 −0.0786 −0.178 −0.198
damp_walls −0.259* −0.377** 0.0413 0.0312 −0.332 −0.534*
−0.153 −0.168 −0.0841 −0.0988 −0.26 −0.31
rot 0.177 0.114 0.0818 0.045 −0.00437 0.173
−0.154 −0.156 −0.0849 −0.0889 −0.268 −0.29
pollution −0.00145 −0.0576 0.022 0.0458 0.102 0.533
−0.202 −0.213 −0.113 −0.139 −0.3 −0.353
vandalism −0.111 −0.144 −0.0179 0.0613 −0.0529 −0.0113
−0.101 −0.0979 −0.0834 −0.0849 −0.192 −0.206
Constant 4.274*** 4.553*** 3.933*** 5.238*** 9.339*** 12.20***
−1.252 −0.997 −0.746 −0.731 −1.805 −1.773
Observations 2531 2249 2527 2244 2818 2578
R-squared 0.319 0.299 0.064 0.072 0.035 0.058
Number of pid 831 613 831 613 833 614
  1. Year dummy variables included but not shown
  2. p value * <0.1; ** <0.05; *** <0.01
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