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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
Social Integration
Our Classification
Error Estimates
Metric Loading ranging from 1.0 to 1.3 Validity Coefficients ranging from .46 to .66 Alpha Reliability .81
Distribution
M = 33.0   SD = 6.4
Operationalization
Respondents indicated (dis)agreement with the following statements: You think/believe/feel
a) you do not belong to a community (-)
b) you are  an important part of your community (+)
c) people in your community listen to you (+)
d) close to other people in your community (+)
e) your community as a source of comfort (+)
f) your community does  not  take you seriously (-)
g) other people value you as a person
Items with (-) are reverse scored on scale ranging from 1.strongly 2.moderately 3.slightly disagree 4.slightly 5.moderately 6.strongly agree

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-m-sq-v-4-a r = +.32 p < .01 O-SLu-h-sq-v-4-a r = +.31 p < .01