Beyond the grumpy rich man and the happy peasant: mixed methods and the impact of food security on subjective dimensions of wellbeing in India

Figures & data

Table 1. Correlations between having a ration card or work under MGNREGS with subjective dimensions of wellbeing.

	Have a ration card	Work under MGNREGS
Global happiness	−.0356	.0635
	.4942	.2225
All inner wellbeing domains combined	.0793	.1635**
	.1398	.0022
Economic confidence domain	.1139*	.061
	.0287	.2426
Agency and participation domain	.1030*	.2137**
	.0499	0
Social connections domain	.0898	.1638**
	.0862	.0017
Close relationships domain	.0109	.0456
	.8349	.3818
Physical and mental health domain	−.0849	.0514
	.1045	.3264
Competence and self-worth domain	.1087*	.0751
	.0377	.1517
Values and meanings domain	.1453**	.0984
	.0057	.0618

Note: p-Values in italics.

* p-Value < .05.

** p-Value < .01.

Table 2. Regression of SWB, IWB composite and IWB domains with control variables.

Variables	SWB	IWB	Economic	Agency	Social	Health	Self-worth	Values
Ration card	.0992	3.3545	1.1387*	.7476	.9225	.0151	1.1306*	1.1650‡
	[.153]	[2.222]	[.549]	[.651]	[.646]	[.582]	[.564]	[.612]
MGNREGS	.0533	2.0815	.1579	1.1026*	.6982	−.0369	.1640	.6457
	[.108]	[1.574]	[.386]	[.454]	[.459]	[.414]	[.398]	[.431]
Gender	−.0812	−6.2501**	−.4538	−2.0158**	−1.8174**	−.5283	−.9992*	−.0348
	[.123]	[1.799]	[.442]	[.522]	[.525]	[.472]	[.455]	[.494]
Age	−.0430	−.2169	−.1447	.1091	−.0386	−.0200	−.2106*	−.0690
	[.029]	[.417]	[.103]	[.122]	[.121]	[.109]	[.105]	[.114]
Age^2	.0004	.0031	.0019*	−.0008	.0007	−.0004	.0027*	.0012
	[.000]	[.005]	[.001]	[.001]	[.001]	[.001]	[.001]	[.001]
Schooling	−.2542*	−5.7156**	−1.2478**	−1.5001**	−1.1024*	−.8048‡	−1.0664*	−.9288‡
	[.118]	[1.716]	[.425]	[.501]	[.504]	[.452]	[.436]	[.476]
Constant	4.5362**	96.7763**	16.8034**	12.4928**	16.1855**	18.7323**	20.2667**	17.0118**
	[.580]	[8.460]	[2.087]	[2.471]	[2.461]	[2.210]	[2.140]	[2.328]
Observations	370	347	368	362	365	366	365	360
R^2	.041	.147	.072	.174	.116	.060	.094	.056
F test	2.571	9.770	4.665	12.47	7.815	3.847	6.201	3.476
Prob > F	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Note: Standard errors in brackets.

* p < .05.

** p < .01.

‡ p < .1.

Figure 1. Sukhi: IWB domain scores.

Figure 2. Sukhi’s IWB item scores (three domains plus overall review items).