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标题：AN EVALUATION OF OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ON LIFE SATISFACTION: AN APPLICATION OF PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING OF A CASE IN TURKEY
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作者：Mehmet MERT ; Eray AKGÜN ; Celil ZURNACI 等
期刊名称：Journal of Life Economics
电子版ISSN：2148-4139
出版年度：2015
卷号：3
页码：1-20
出版社：Özge UYSAL ŞAHİN
摘要：A large part of this research focuses on life satisfaction changes depending on the multiplecausal effect, but in recent years, the impact of life satisfaction on outdoor sports based on the theoryof activity sports, has taken on a new dimension with research methods. This article briefly discussesnot only some of the most common causal methods on observational data for comparativeeffectiveness research to implement propensity score matching, but also presents measurement of lifesatisfaction. Using the sampling group data set consisting of 1,719 mountaineers, trekkers, cyclists aswell as those who do not participate in outdoor activities in Turkey, we found that participating inoutdoor activities has statistically positive effects on increasing life satisfaction. Another objective wasto determine the propensity matching score of these groups.
关键词：Propensity score; matching methods; stratification estimation; kernel matching;life satisfaction.