Correlational findings | World Database of Happiness

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

Importance of friends

Our Classification

Operationalization

Selfreport on single question about importance of friends:
0 unimportance of friends (reference)
1 importance of friends

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure

Statistics

Elaboration / Remarks

O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a

OLRC = +. p < .01

importance of friends (compared to unimportance of friends)

O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a

OLRC = + p < .01

importance of friends (unimportance of friends)

OLRC's are controled for:
- year dummies
- gender
- age
- marital status
- 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. Values are therefore not reported in this abstract.