Correlational findings | World Database of Happiness

Study Halman et al. (1987): study ZZ EU 10 1981 /2

Public: 18+ aged, general public, EU 10, 1981
Sample
Respondents: N = 12464
Non Response
Assessment: Interview: face-to-face
Highly structured

Correlate

Authors's Label

Education

Our Classification

Related specification variables

Operationalization

Direct question: "What was/is/will be your age when you finished/finish school?"
1 <13
2 13-15
3 16-18
4 19-20
5 >20

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure

Statistics

Elaboration / Remarks

A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a

Beta = <.10

STANDARDIZED REGRESSION COEFFICIENT by LEAST SQUARES (OLS)

Type: test statistic.

Measurement level: Correlates: all metric, Happiness: metric.
Range: [-1 ; +1]

Meaning:
beta > 0  «  a higher correlate level corresponds to a higher happiness rating on average.
beta < 0  «  a higher correlate level corresponds to a higher happiness rating on average.
beta = 0  «   no correlation.
beta = + 1 or -1  «   perfect correlation.

France

A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a

Beta = <.10