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Correlational findings

Study Ventegodt (1996): study DK 1993

Public
31-33 aged, Denmark 1993, born in University Hospital in Copenhagen
Sample
Respondents
N = 4611
Non Response
39%
Assessment
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Mailed questionnaire

Correlate

Authors's Label
kind of employment
Our Classification
Distribution
N All  A:517;   %:aa:27,1;   ab:16,0;   ac:21,9;   ad:35,0   
N All B:927;   %:ba:20,5;   bb:16,3;   bc:17,7;   bd:45,6
N All C:521;   %:ca:87,5;   cb:12,5
N All D:546;   %:da:91,8;   db:8,2
N All E:306;   %:ea:42,2;   eb:39,9;   ec:8,5;   ed:9,5
N All F:139;   %:fa:10,1,   fb:32,4;   fc:57,6
N All G:229;   %:ga:59,4;   gb:4,4;   gc:36,2
N All H:37;   %h0:54,1;   h1:45,9
N All I:4300:    %:ia:0,9;   ib:0,3;   ic:0,3;   id:2,2;   ie:5,1;   if:1,2:   ig:0,6;   ih:0,1;   ij:1,8;   ik:87,4
Operationalization
A: Intellectual employment(expert level)
   aa: engineering and technical
   ab: science and medicine
   ac: teaching
   ad: social sciences
B: Intellectual employment (intermediate level)
   ba: technical (not biological)
   bb: biological subjects(nursing etc)
   bc: teaching
   bd: sales, finance, business service and administration
C: Clerical employment (type)
   ca: internal office work
   cb: with customers service
D: Work in sales or service that presumes some knowledge
   da: employment in service
   db: employment in sales
E: Employment in engineering trades
   ea: raw material extraction and building tr.
   eb: metaL and machine work
   ec: precision trades(typography etc)
   ed: other trades
F: Process and machine operator
   fa: process operator
   fb: machines operator
   fc: operator of transport machines
G: Miscellaneous employment
   ga: employment in the service sector
   gb: agricultural labourer
   gc: other
H: Military employment, by subordinates
   h0: without subordinates
   h1: with subordinates
I: The caring professions
   ia: doctor
   ib: dentist
   ic: midwife/senior nurse
   id: nurse
   ie: care assistant
   if: home help
   ig: physic - occupational therapist
   ih: welfare advisor
   ii: social worker (child welfare)
   ij: other

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks A-AOL-m-sq-v-5-a = A: Intellectual employment(expert level)
aa: Mt=7.61
ab: Mt=7.74
ac: Mt=8.08
ad: Mt=7.96 O-SLu-c-sq-v-5-e = A: Intellectual employment(expert level)
aa: Mt=7.01
ab: Mt=7.41
ac: Mt=7.81
ad: Mt=7.75 O-HL-c-sq-v-5-ha = A: Intellectual employment(expert level)
aa: Mt=6.61
ab: Mt=7.23
ac: Mt=7.19
ad: Mt=7.16 A-AOL-m-sq-v-5-a = B: Intellectual employment (intermediate level)
ba: Mt=7.81
bb: Mt=7.64
bc: Mt=7.76
bd: Mt=8.04 O-SLu-c-sq-v-5-e = B: Intellectual employment (intermediate level)
ba: Mt=7.58
bb: Mt=7.46
bc: Mt=7.50
bd: Mt=7.76 O-HL-c-sq-v-5-ha = B: Intellectual employment (intermediate level)
ba: Mt=7.15
bb: Mt=6.85
bc: Mt=7.01
bd: Mt=7.38 A-AOL-m-sq-v-5-a r = -.05 ns C: Clerical employment (type)
ca: Mt=7.85
cb: Mt=7.54 O-SLu-c-sq-v-5-e r = -.02 p < .609 C: Clerical employment (type)
ca: Mt=7.41
cb: Mt=7.28 O-HL-c-sq-v-5-ha r = -.03 p < .4491 C: Clerical employment (type)
ca: Mt=7.00
cb: Mt=6.80 A-AOL-m-sq-v-5-a r = +.12 p < .0044 D: Work in sales or service that presumes some knowledge
da: Mt=7.85
db: Mt=8.73 O-SLu-c-sq-v-5-e r = +.07 p < .0962 D: Work in sales or service that presumes some knowledge
da: Mt=7.59
db: Mt=8.11 O-HL-c-sq-v-5-ha r = +.05 p < .2005 D: Work in sales or service that presumes some knowledge
da: Mt=7.16
db: Mt=7.55 A-AOL-m-sq-v-5-a = E: Employment in engineering trades
ea: Mt=8.10
eb: Mt=7.85
ec: Mt=7.98
ed: Mt=7.85 O-SLu-c-sq-v-5-e = E: Employment in engineering trades
ea: Mt=7.71
eb: Mt=7.54
ec: Mt=7.31
ed: Mt=7.59 O-HL-c-sq-v-5-ha = E: Employment in engineering trades
ea: Mt=7.21
eb: Mt=7.13
ec: Mt=6.83
ed: Mt=7.33 A-AOL-m-sq-v-5-a = F: Process and machine operator
fa: Mt=8.39
fb: Mt=7.55
fc: Mt=8.06 O-SLu-c-sq-v-5-e = F: Process and machine operator
fa: Mt=8.46
fb: Mt=7.16
fc: Mt=7.85 O-HL-c-sq-v-5-ha = F: Process and machine operator
fa: Mt=8.04
fb: Mt=6.78
fc: Mt=6.94 A-AOL-m-sq-v-5-a = G: Miscellaneous employment
ga: Mt=7.73
gb: Mt=8.00
gc: Mt=7.78 O-SLu-c-sq-v-5-e = G: Miscellaneous employment
ga: Mt=7.35
gb: Mt=6.25
gc: Mt=7.41 O-HL-c-sq-v-5-ha = G: Miscellaneous employment
ga: Mt=7.00
gb: Mt=6.75
gc: Mt=7.08 A-AOL-m-sq-v-5-a r = +.09 p < .5799 Military employment, by subordinates
h0: Mt=7.75
h1: Mt=8.09 O-SLu-c-sq-v-5-e r = +.10 p < .5492 Military employment, by subordinates
h0: Mt=7.38
h1: Mt=7.80 O-HL-c-sq-v-5-ha r = -.33 p < .0458 Military employment, by subordinates
h0: Mt=7.63
h1: Mt=6.18 A-AOL-m-sq-v-5-a = the caring professions
ia: Mt=7.69
ib: Mt=7.50
ic: Mt=7.66
id: Mt=7.55
ie: Mt=7.79
if: Mt=7.80
ig: Mt=7.30
ih: Mt=8.00
ii: Mt=7.50
ij: Mt=7.74 O-SLu-c-sq-v-5-e = the caring professions
ia: Mt=7.31
ib: Mt=7.28
ic: Mt=7.66
id: Mt=7.38
ie: Mt=7.51
if: Mt=7.75
ig: Mt=7.30
ih: Mt=8.00
ii: Mt=7.24
ij: Mt=7.40 O-HL-c-sq-v-5-ha = the caring professions
ia: Mt=7.13
ib: Mt=6.81
ic: Mt=7.34
id: Mt=6.85
ie: Mt=7.05
if: Mt=7.30
ig: Mt=6.66
ih: Mt=7.50
ii: Mt=6.64
ij: Mt=7.03