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Correlational findings

Study Kousha & Mohseni (2000): study IR 1995

Public
Residents big city (Tehran), Iran, 1995-97
Sample
Respondents
N = 1561
Non Response
4,8%
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview

Correlate

Authors's Label
Income
Our Classification
Distribution
    1995: 1= 79,  2=100, 3=149, 4= 76,  5=  76,  6= 55
    1997: 1=306, 2= 63,  3=159, 4=137, 5=165, 6=190
Operationalization
1= no income
2= < 20.000
3= 20.000 to 39.999
4= 40.000 to 59.999
5= 60.000 to 100.000
6= > 100.000

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-c-sq-v-3-ab DM = p < .02             1995    M      S.D.          
             1=    1,84    0,35
             2=    1,69    0,33
             3=    1,78    0,25
             4=    1,86    0,44
             5=    1,82    0,26
             6=    1,82    0,44
O-HL-c-sq-v-3-ab DM = p < .01             1997    M      S.D.          
             1=    1,76    0,43
             2=    1,83    0,33
             3=    1,82    0,40
             4=    1,86    0,34
             5=    1,88    0,36
             6=    1,92    0,34
O-HL-c-sq-v-3-ab D% = p < .02              1995
                   very    fairly  not at all
                   happy   happy   happy
                     %       %        %   
             1=    10,8    62,2     27,0
             2=     6,0    57,0     37,0
             3=     4,0    69,8     26,2
             4=    15,8    53,9     30,3
             5=     5,3    71,1     23,7
             6=    14,5    52,7     32,7
O-HL-c-sq-v-3-ab D% = p < .01              1997
                   very    fairly  not at all
                   happy   happy   happy
                     %       %        %   
             1=    12,4    51,3     36,3
             2=     9,5    63,5     27,0
             3=    11,3    51,6     37,1
             4=    10,9    64,2     24,8
             5=    12,7    63,0     24,2
             6=    13,2    65,3     21,6
O-HL-c-sq-v-3-ab r = +.05 ns              1995 O-HL-c-sq-v-3-ab r = +.09 p < .00              1997