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Correlational findings

Study Tambyah et al. (2009): study SG 2006

Public:
20+ aged, general public, Singapore, 2006
Survey name:
AsiaBarometer 2006
Sample:
Respondents:
N = 1038
Non Response:
Assessment:
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Spirituality
Our Classification
Distribution
all: 0:8,0%,1:21,4%,2:31,6%,3:39,0%
married subjects only: 0:7,6%,1:18,9%,2:31,5%,3:42,0%
Related specification variables
Operationalization
The Spirituality Index was computed by counting the responses to 3 questions:
a. do you belong to any particular religion (yes/no)
b. how often do you pray or meditate? (never or daily and weekly)
c. do you believe in unseen spiritual powers (yes = definitely and somewhat)
The index ranges from 0 to 3.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-c-sq-v-5-m Beta = .00 ns all O-HL-c-sq-v-5-m Beta = -.05 ns married subjects only M-FH-c-sq-v-4-b Beta = -.03 ns all M-FH-c-sq-v-4-b Beta = -.10 p < .05 married subjects only C-W-u-sq-v-4-c Beta = +.01 ns all C-W-u-sq-v-4-c Beta = -.03 ns married subjects only M-ACO-*-mq-v-7-a Beta = +.03 ns all M-ACO-*-mq-v-7-a Beta = +.08 ns married subjects only M-ACO-*-mq-v-7-a = Betas controlled for
Demographic variables:
- gender
- age
- education
- income
Lifestyle
- digital
- global
Value priorities:
- having
- relating
- being