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Correlational findings

Study DeGraaf (2006): study NL 1996

Public
Homo- and heterosexual men and women, The Netherlands 1996
Sample
Respondents
N = 7069
Non Response
7
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
by professionals

Correlate

Authors's Label
Sexual preference
Our Classification
Remarks
Missing values women: 17,4% (=655) Missing values men: 12,9% (=426) NB: 1081 missing values; 30 respondents refused to answer questions about sexuality and for 1051 respondents no sexual contacts were reported.
Distribution
N = Hetero women: 2795; Hetero men: 3075: Total hetero:5870
N = Homo men: 82; Homo women: 43; Total homo 125
Operationalization
Individuals were categorized as homosexual or heterosexual by the interviewers on the basis of their sexual contacts in the preceding year
0: heter-sexual
1: homo-sexual

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks M-TH-cm-sq-v-6-a DM = -,17 p < .045 Women
- hetero-sexual: M = 4,80  SD = 1,01
- homo-sexual  : M = 4,63  SD = 1,11
Difference          -0,17
CI95:[-0,50 - +0,16]
M-TH-cm-sq-v-6-a DM = -,71 p < .0000 Men:
- hetero-sexuals: M = 4,92  SD = 0,99
- homo-sexuals  : M = 4,21  SD = 1,49
Difference           -0,71
CI95: [-1,00 - -0,43]
M-TH-cm-sq-v-6-a DM = -,51 p < .0000 All
- hetero-sexuals:  M = 4,86   SD = 1,00
- homo-sexuals:    M = 4,35   SD = 1,34
Difference            -0,51
CI95: [-0,72 - -0,28]