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U.S. hits new low in World Happiness Report

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219 points surprisetalk | 2 comments | 25 Sep 25 20:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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brap ◴[25 Sep 25 21:58 UTC] No.45379709[source]▶
Would be interesting to see happiness segmented by Democrats/ Republicans.
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bitlax ◴[25 Sep 25 22:58 UTC] No.45380370[source]▶
Conservatives outperform liberals in self-reported happiness and mental health when controlling for demographics.
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1. Braxton1980 ◴[25 Sep 25 23:00 UTC] No.45380388[source]▶
What demographics and what does it mean to control them for statistics?
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2. bitlax ◴[26 Sep 25 07:22 UTC] No.45383744[source]▶
> What demographics

All of the ones you'd see most commonly: age, sex, race, religion, level of education, marital status, etc.

> control

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlling_for_a_variable