Table 2

Smoking status and overall SWB (cross-sectional regression on sample averages)

	(1) SWB	(2) SWB	(3) SWB	(4) SWB	(5) SWB
Quitsmoke	0.025	0.046	0.082**	0.087**	0.086**
	(0.032)	(0.031)	(0.029)	(0.029)	(0.030)
Smokenow	−0.103*	−0.140**	0.023	−0.026	−0.026
	(0.047)	(0.045)	(0.044)	(0.043)	(0.043)
Newquit					0.007 (0.046)
Drinks≥1	−0.073	−0.018	−0.116**	−0.069	−0.069
	(0.046)	(0.044)	(0.043)	(0.042)	(0.042)
Stress Index		−0.501***		−0.363***	−0.363***
		(0.022)		(0.020)	(0.021)
health1			−2.079***	−1.949***	−1.948***
			(0.342)	(0.319)	(0.319)
health2			−0.904***	−0.758***	−0.759***
			(0.064)	(0.061)	(0.061)
health4			0.548***	0.429***	0.429***
			(0.040)	(0.039)	(0.039)
health5			1.033***	0.858***	0.859***
			(0.069)	(0.068)	(0.068)
Age	−0.021*	−0.030***	−0.014	−0.022**	−0.022**
	(0.009)	(0.008)	(0.008)	(0.007)	(0.007)
Age²	0.000	0.000**	0.000*	0.000**	0.000**
	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)	(0.000)
Male	−0.045	−0.161***	−0.089**	−0.165***	−0.166***
	(0.036)	(0.034)	(0.032)	(0.032)	(0.032)
educ1	−0.010	−0.016	−0.040	−0.031	−0.031
	(0.199)	(0.186)	(0.165)	(0.159)	(0.159)
educ2	−0.046	−0.083	−0.110	−0.122*	−0.122*
	(0.061)	(0.057)	(0.057)	(0.054)	(0.055)
educ3	0.063	0.009	−0.031	−0.054	−0.054
	(0.039)	(0.037)	(0.035)	(0.034)	(0.034)
educ4	0.056	−0.009	−0.052	−0.077	−0.077
	(0.056)	(0.053)	(0.050)	(0.048)	(0.048)
Married	0.311***	0.317***	0.288***	0.295***	0.295***
	(0.042)	(0.041)	(0.039)	(0.038)	(0.039)
Unemployed	−0.354*	−0.275	−0.272	−0.227	−0.227
	(0.164)	(0.156)	(0.149)	(0.146)	(0.146)
Housewife	0.133*	0.180**	0.107	0.146**	0.145*
	(0.064)	(0.059)	(0.059)	(0.056)	(0.057)
Student	0.064	0.041	0.044	0.031	0.032
	(0.123)	(0.118)	(0.110)	(0.107)	(0.107)
Retired	0.274***	0.267***	0.191**	0.197**	0.197**
	(0.072)	(0.066)	(0.064)	(0.061)	(0.061)
hh_size	0.088	0.098*	0.146**	0.145**	0.145**
	(0.051)	(0.049)	(0.046)	(0.045)	(0.045)
hh_numkids	−0.141**	−0.156**	−0.209***	−0.209***	−0.209***
	(0.054)	(0.052)	(0.048)	(0.047)	(0.047)
ln(hhincome)	0.412***	0.360***	0.277***	0.260***	0.260***
	(0.044)	(0.041)	(0.038)	(0.036)	(0.036)
Hours	−0.001	−0.001	−0.001	−0.001	−0.001
	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)	(0.001)
Religion	0.025	0.023	0.038	0.034	0.034
	(0.033)	(0.031)	(0.030)	(0.029)	(0.029)
Crime	−0.393***	−0.291***	−0.247***	−0.195**	−0.195**
	(0.073)	(0.067)	(0.064)	(0.062)	(0.062)
Urban	0.035	0.037	0.030	0.034	0.034
	(0.037)	(0.035)	(0.034)	(0.033)	(0.033)
Rural	0.083	0.062	0.050	0.040	0.040
	(0.048)	(0.046)	(0.044)	(0.042)	(0.042)
Constant	4.508***	6.603***	5.219***	6.636***	6.634***
	(0.354)	(0.339)	(0.310)	(0.307)	(0.308)
p Value (β₁=β₂)	0.004	0.000	0.1510	0.005	0.007
R²	0.1102	0.2126	0.2631	0.3132	0.3132
N	5227	5205	5227	5205	5205

Robust SEs clustered at the household level in parentheses.
*p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001.
SWB, subjective well-being.