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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
alcohol consumption and health
Our Classification
Remarks
the correlations and M's do give only the relation between alcohol consumption and health based on the question: "How much beer, wine and liquor did you drink totally during the last weekday(Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday)? -ordinary beer (number of bottles) -strong beer (number of bottles) -red or white wine (number of glasses) -dessert wine (number of glasses) -liquor(number of drinks)"
Distribution
N:   All:3660;   %:1:26,8;   2:12,1;   3:11,9;   4:16,3;   5:16,7;   6:11,2;   7:3,9;   8:1,0
Operationalization
number of drinks consumed last week
1: 0 drinks
2: 1-2 drinks
3: 3-4 drinks
4: 5-8 drinks
5: 9-16 drinks
6: 17-32 drinks
7: 33-64 drinks
8 > 64 drinks

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks A-AOL-m-sq-v-5-a r = +,01 ns 1: Ms=7.50
2: Ms=7.78
3: Ms=7.91
4: Ms=7.83
5: Ms=7.96
6: Ms=7.65
7: Ms=7.33
8: Ms=6.21
O-SLu-c-sq-v-5-e r = -.04 p < .03 1: Ms=7.63
2: Ms=7.88
3: Ms=7.79
4: Ms=7.73
5: Ms=7.78
6: Ms=7.60
7: Ms=6.70
8: Ms=6.69
O-HL-c-sq-v-5-ha r = +.02 ns 1: Ms=7.51
2: Ms=7.84
3: Ms=8.01
4: Ms=7.91
5: Ms=7.88
6: Ms=7.69
7: Ms=7.41
8: Ms=6.83