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Correlational findings

Study Keyes (1998): study US Wisconsin 1994

Public
18+ aged, general public, Dane County, Wisconsin USA, 1994
Sample
Respondents
N = 373
Non Response
37%
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Correlate

Authors's Label
Anomie Scale
Our Classification
Distribution
M = 1.2   SD = 1.1
Operationalization
3-item index
1. Most public officials are not really interested in the problems of the average person
2. The lot of the average person is getting worse not better
3. It is not fair to bring children into the world with the way things look for the future
Responses scored yes (1) or no (0)

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-m-sq-v-4-a r = -.18 p < .01 O-SLu-h-sq-v-4-a r = -.16 p < .01