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Correlational findings

Study Gökdemir (2015): study TR 2010

Public
18+ aged, general public, Turkey, 2010
Survey name
INT-LiTS 2010
Sample
Respondents
N = 955
Non Response
4.79%
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Income ladder
Our Classification
Remarks
not reported the definition of higher, middle or lower, ask author
Distribution
Higher = 20.53%; Middle = 32.84%; Lower = 46.63%
Operationalization
Selfreport on single question:
Please imagine a ten-step ladder where on the bottom, the first step, stand the poorest 10 % of people in our country, and on the highest step, the tenth, stand the richest 10 %. On which step of the ten is your household today?
1. lower
2. middle
3. higher

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-bb DM = + Higher: M = 6.54
Middle: M = 5.61
Lower:  M = 4.67
O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-bb BMCT = p < .05 Higher > Middle > Lower