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Correlational findings

Study Timmermans (1997): study FR 1990

Public
18+ aged, general public, France, 1990
Sample
Respondents
N = 1002
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview

Correlate

Authors's Label
Household income
Our Classification
Operationalization
Single question: "Here is a scale of incomes and we would like to know in what group your household is, counting all wages, salaries, pensions and other incomes that come in" rated on a 15-point scale, recoded to a 10-point scale (scale categories not reported in datafile).

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a DM = + 1       M=2.89     Mt=6.3
2       M=3.04     Mt=6.8
3       M=3.15     Mt=7.2
4       M=3.15     Mt=7.2
5       M=3.20     Mt=7.3
6       M=3.26     Mt=7.5
7       M=3.33     Mt=7.8
8       M=3.26     Mt=7.5
9       M=3.25     Mt=7.5
10      M=3.43     Mt=8.1 O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a DM = + 1       M=5.90      Mt=5.4
2       M=6.50      Mt=6.1
3       M=6.71      Mt=6.3
4       M=6.83      Mt=6.5
5       M=7.13      Mt=6.8
6       M=7.06      Mt=6.7
7       M=6.96      Mt=6.6
8       M=6.93      Mt=6.6
9       M=6.97      Mt=6.6
10      M=7.54      Mt=7.3 A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a DM = + 1       M= .56      Mt=5.6
2       M= .77      Mt=5.8
3       M=1.19      Mt=6.2
4       M=1.60      Mt=6.6
5       M=1.26      Mt=6.3
6       M=1.67      Mt=6.7
7       M=1.60      Mt=6.6
8       M=1.60      Mt=6.6
9       M=1.97      Mt=7.0
10      M=2.07      Mt=7.1 O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a r = +.23 p < .001 O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a r = +.18 p < .001 A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a r = +.23 p < .001 O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a tc = +.17 p < .001 O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a tb = +.13 p < .001 A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a tc = +.17 p < .001 O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a Beta = +.23 p < .001 ß controlled for sex and age O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a Beta = +.19 p < .001 ß controlled for sex and age A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a Beta = +.22 p < .001 ß controlled for sex and age