The happiest youth in the world? Exploring subjective well-being indicators among Finnish university students

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Table 2 Logistic regression analysis of the happiness factors.

	Model 1 (Demographic variables)		Model 2 (M1 + Psychosocial variables)
Independent variable	Wald	Odds ratio	Wald	Odds ratio
Gender	1.28		1.73
Female		1		1
Male		1.42		1.58
Age	0.17		0.12
19-24		1		1
25-29		1.14		1.13
Language	0.01		0.14
Swedish		1		1
Finnish		1.03		1.14
Living with	4.22**		8.49*
Alone		1		1
Friend(s)/other students		2.38		1.97
Partner		2.91		2.82
Self-esteem			38.56***
Low				1
Medium				4.81
High				29.66
Social competence			6.02*
Low				1
Medium				3.63
High				6.34
Academic competence			0.11
Low				1
Medium				1.00
High				1.13
MODEL SUMMARY
Omnibus test step	0.02		59.43***
Omnibus test total	0.02		59.43***
Hosmer–Lemeshow	8.60		6.08
−2 Log Likelihood	365.3		305.87
Cox&Snell R Square	0.03		0.13
Nagelkerke R Square	0.05		0.25
Overall percentage correct	88.5		88.7

*** p < .001.

** p < .01.

* p < .05.

Table 1 Descriptive statistics and proportion of the happiest students among the study participants.

	Participants in total (%)	% of very happy in each category	Cross tabs	Group differences
Gender			ns
Female	75	11
Male	25	13
Age			ns
19–24	75	11
25–29	25	13
Language			ns
Swedish	70	12
Finnish	30	10
Living with			11.53**	A < P
Alone (A)	46	7
Friend(s)/other students (F)	15	14
Partner (P)	37	17
Self-Esteem			74.93***	L, M < H
Low (L)	16	1
Medium (M)	67	8
High (H)	17	37
Social competence			13.95*	L < M, H
Low	16	2
Medium	69	11
High	16	20
Academic competence			ns
Low	15	7
Medium	68	11
High	17	17

***p < .001.

**p < .01.

*p < .05.