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Correlational findings

Study Selim (2008): study TR 1990

Public
18+ aged, general public, Turkey, 1990-2001
Survey name
INT-World Values Survey, pooled waves
Sample
Respondents
N = 6338
Non Response
not reported
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Marital status
Our Classification
Distribution
1:72%, 0a:5%, 0b:23%
Operationalization
Marital status
1 Married (reference)
0 Unmarried
  a-single/never married
  b-divorced,seperated, widowed

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a OLRC = -.42 p < .01 single/never married             (vs married) O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a OLRC = -.40 p < .01 divorced, seprated, widowed      (vs married) O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a OLRC = -.86 p < .01 single/never married             (vs married) O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a OLRC = -.70 p < .01 divorced, separated, widowed     (vs married)

OLRC's are controled for:
- year dummies
- gender
- age
- number of childeren
- education level
- type of employment
- income scales
- health status
- importance of life domains
- political orientations and trust

OLRC's cannot be interpreted as absolute effect sizes. Relative values denote that single never married are the least happy and married the most happy.Comparison is only possible across associations with the same happiness measure.