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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
Employement status
Our Classification
Operationalization
1 self employed
0 not self employed
  a self employed (reference)
  b full time
  c part time
  d retired
  e housewife
  f students
  g unemployed
  h other

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a OLRC = -.08 ns full time               (vs. self employed) O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a OLRC = -.28 p < .05 part time               (vs. self employed) O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a OLRC = +.14 ns retired                 (vs. self employed) O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a OLRC = +.30 p < .01 housewife               (vs. self employed) O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a OLRC = +.20 p < .10 students                (vs. self employed) O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a OLRC = -.41 p < .01 unemployed              (vs. self employed) O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a OLRC = +.21 ns other                   (vs. self employed) O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a OLRC = +.05 ns full time               (vs. self employed) O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a OLRC = -.36 p < .01 part time               (vs. self employed) O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a OLRC = +.17 ns retired                 (vs. self employed) O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a OLRC = +.39 p < .01 housewife               (vs. self employed) O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a OLRC = +.26 p < .05 students                (vs. self employed) O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a OLRC = -.13 ns unemployed              (vs. self employed) O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a OLRC = +.43 p < .05 other                   (vs. self employed)

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

OLRC's cannot be interpreted as absolute effect sizes. Coefficients denote relative differences, e.g. greater difference in happiness between self employed and unemployed. Comparison is only possible across associations with the same happiness measure.