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Correlational findings

Study Rose & Ozcan (2007): study ZZ EU 15 2003

Public
18+aged general public, 15 EU member states and Turkey, 2003
Sample
Respondents
N = 26000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Employed
Our Classification
Distribution
1=Yes; 2=No
Related specification variables
Operationalization
Self-report on single question:
What is your current occupation?
- Employed professional
- General management
- Middle management
-Employed position, working mainly at a desk
- Employed position but travelling (salesman, driver etc)
- Employed position but in a service job (hospital, restaurant, police etc)
- Supervisor

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-b Beta = -.01 ns Turkey O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-b Beta = +.01 ns EU15 (EU Member States before 2004)

Beta's controlled for:
- Socio-economic position
  - age
  - gender
  - income level (quartile)
  - sufficiency of income (out of money, debts)
  - education
  - health
  - occupational level (manual worker or not)
  - living environment (urban or not)
- Social participation
  - church attendance
- Attitudes
  - satisfaction with public services
  - trust in people
  - perceived tensions in society
  - perceived safety in neigbourhood