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Correlational findings

Study Halman et al. (1987): study ZZ EU 10 1981

Public
18+ aged, general public, EU 10 nations, 1981
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurvey 1
Sample
Respondents
N = 12464
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
Highly structured

Correlate

Authors's Label
Number of children
Our Classification
Operationalization
Direct question: "How many children do or did you have?"                      1 One                     
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6 Six or more
Ss with children only

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-m-11-a r = -.03 ns France O-SLW-c-sq-m-11-a r = -.03 ns Great-Britain O-SLW-c-sq-m-11-a r = -.07 p < .05 West Germany O-SLW-c-sq-m-11-a r = -.07 p < .01 Italy O-SLW-c-sq-m-11-a r = -.03 ns Denmark O-SLW-c-sq-m-11-a r = +.04 ns Belgium O-SLW-c-sq-m-11-a r = -.09 p < .01 Spain O-SLW-c-sq-m-11-a r = -.12 p < .01 Ireland O-SLW-c-sq-m-11-a r = -.06 ns Northern Ireland

 O-SLW-c-sq-m-11-a DMt = - EC (stratified sample)  
one                Mt'=  6.78
two                Mt'=  6.89
three              Mt'=  6.89
four               Mt'=  6.67
five               Mt'=  6.44
six or more        Mt'=  6.67