AN EVALUATION OF OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ON LIFE SATISFACTION: AN APPLICATION OF PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING OF A CASE IN TURKEY

Year 2015, , 1 - 20, 28.01.2015

Mehmet Mert , Celil Zurnacı Eray Akgün

https://doi.org/10.15637/jlecon.51

Abstract

A large part of this research focuses on life satisfaction changes depending on the multiple
causal effect, but in recent years, the impact of life satisfaction on outdoor sports based on the theory
of activity sports, has taken on a new dimension with research methods. This article briefly discusses
not only some of the most common causal methods on observational data for comparative
effectiveness research to implement propensity score matching, but also presents measurement of life
satisfaction. Using the sampling group data set consisting of 1,719 mountaineers, trekkers, cyclists as
well as those who do not participate in outdoor activities in Turkey, we found that participating in
outdoor activities has statistically positive effects on increasing life satisfaction. Another objective was
to determine the propensity matching score of these groups

Keywords

Propensity score, matching methods, stratification estimation, kernel matching, life satisfaction

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