Using data from wave 12 of the British Household Panel Study, I find that cinema attendance has strong positive effects on happiness and stable negative effects on self-reporting of anxiety or depression, even when controlling for various socio-demographic and economic factors.Or, alternatively, happy people watch more movies. That actually sounds like an equally groundbreaking finding. Maybe I’ll write that paper.
Alternative title for this post: Reason 1,529 Not to Trust a Sociologist.
HT: Bryan Caplan
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The WSJ reported today ("Down the Tube: the Sad Stats on Happiness, Money and TV" that TV viewing hours is positively correlated (and a contributing cause) of an unpleasant state.
The difference between Movies and TV viewing, I would guess, would be the social interactions and exercise that go along with heading out to the movies with a bunch of friends.
Maybe.
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