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Correlational findings

Study Rose (1955): study US 1952

Public
Married couples, middle aged, middle-class, USA, 1952-53
Sample
Respondents
N = 416
Non Response
50 %
Assessment
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Administered at home and rating by children.

Correlate

Authors's Label
Formal social participation
Our Classification
Related specification variables
Operationalization
Being active in some voluntary organi-
zation or community activity

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLu-g-sq-v-5-a D% = + p < .05 Stronger among males: 52 % of the dissatisfied
and 81 % of the satisfied men are active in
some organization or activity
Among females 48 % of the dissatisfied compared
with 61 % of the satisfied are active