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Table 3 Linear regression model for predicting happiness in slums of Shiraz, Iran

From: Happiness in marginalized populations: a community–based study in South Central Iran

*Variable

β

SE

t

95 % CI

p Value

Constant

1.55

0.95

1.62

− 0.32-3.43

0.1

Marital status

− 0.3

0.07

− 3.94

− 0.45- -0.15

< 0.001

Job satisfaction

0.15

0.03

4.57

0.08–0.22

< 0.001

Having job

− 0.12

0.04

− 2.96

− 0.21- -0.04

0.003

Social support

− 0.34

0.12

− 2.64

− 0.59- -0.08

0.008

Hope to the future

0.1

0.03

3.14

0.04–0.17

0.002

Life satisfaction

0.18

0.04

4.4

0.1–0.26

< 0.001

Cigarette smoking

0.22

0.13

1.65

− 0.04- -0.49

0.09

Opium usage

− 0.69

0.29

− 2.33

− 1.27- -0.1

0.02

Violence in neighborhood

0.45

0.12

3.66

0.21–0.69

< 0.001

Home satisfaction

0.08

0.02

2.83

0.02–0.13

0.005

Income satisfaction

0.21

0.03

5.53

0.13–0.28

< 0.001

Migration

0.29

0.12

2.37

0.05–0.54

0.01

Religious believes

0.13

0.05

2.36

0.05–0.19

0.001

Mental disease

0.12

0.03

3.45

0.05–0.19

0.001

Chronic disease

0.09

0.04

2.17

0.009–0.17

0.03

  1. *Marital status: 1-Single, 2- Married 3- Divorced,4-Separated,5-Widowed, Job satisfaction: 0 to 10, Having job: 1-Yes, 2- No, Social support: 1-Yes, 2-No, Hope to the future:0 to 10, Life satisfaction:0 to 10, Cigarette smoking:1- Yes,2- No, Opium consumption: 1-Yes, 2- No, Violence in neighborhood:0 to 10, Home satisfaction:0 to 10, Income satisfaction:0 to 10, Migration: 1-Yes,2- No, Religious believes:1- not at all, 2-sometimes,3- Often, 4- Always, 5- completely, Mental disease: 1-Yes, 2-No, Chronic disease: 1-Yes, 2-No