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Correlational findings

Study VanPraag et al. (2010): study IL 2006

Public
20+ aged general population, Israel, 2006
Survey name
IL-ISS 2006
Sample
Respondents
N = 6218
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI)

Correlate

Authors's Label
Religiosity
Our Classification
Related specification variables
Operationalization
a) For Jews:
Self-report on single question:
Do you consider yourself as being:
1) Non-religious, secular
2) Traditional but not so religious
3) Traditional but religious
4) Religious
5) Ultra-religious (Haredi)

b) For Arabs:
Self-report on single question:
Do you consider yourself as being:
1) Not religious at all
2) Not so religious
3) Religious
4) Very religious

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-f b = +.11 p < .05 JEWS O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-f b = +.13 p < .05 ARABS

B's controlled for:
- log income
- log age and log age squared
- log family size
- health
- education
- marital status
- (parents') country of origin
- years residing in Israel
- Hebrew fluency
- employment status
- place of interview
- time of interview
O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-f b = +.02 ns JEWS

Interaction log(family size* degree of religiosity: B=+.08(p<.05)
O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-f b = +.03 ns ARABS

B's additionally controlled for:
- Interaction log(family size)* degree of religiosity

Interaction log(family size)*degree of religiosity: B=+.05(ns)