Correlational findings | World Database of Happiness

Study Levin & Taylor (1998): study US 1979

Public: 18+ aged Blacks, USA, followed 1979 to 1992
Sample
Respondents: N = 1988
Non Response: 32%
Assessment: Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label

Church membership

Our Classification

Remarks

Assessed at: T1: 1979, T2: 1992

Distribution

T1: M = 0,62, SD = 0,49
T2: M = 0,78, SD = 0,41

Operationalization

Are you an official member of a church or other place of worship?
0: no
1: yes

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure

Statistics

Elaboration / Remarks

O-SLW-c-sq-v-4-aa

r = +.16 p < .00

PRODUCT-MOMENT CORRELATION COEFFICIENT (Also "Pearson's correlation coefficient' or simply 'correlation coefficient')

Type: test statistic.
Measurement level: Correlate: metric, Happiness: metric
Range: [-1; +1]

Meaning:
r = 0  « no correlation ,
r = 1  « perfect correlation, where high correlate values correspond with high happiness values, and
r = -1  « perfect correlation, where high correlate values correspond with low happiness values.

O-SLW-c-sq-v-4-aa

r = +.05 ns

PRODUCT-MOMENT CORRELATION COEFFICIENT (Also "Pearson's correlation coefficient' or simply 'correlation coefficient')

O-SLW-c-sq-v-4-aa

Beta = +.16 p < .00

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.

O-SLW-c-sq-v-4-aa

Beta = +.03 ns