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Correlational findings

Study Antonucci et al. (1998): study US 1980

Public
50-95 aged, married, with children, USA,1980
Survey name
Social Networks in Adult Life
Sample
Respondents
N = 366
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Age
Our Classification
Operationalization

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa r = -.05 ns men O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa r = +.17 p < .05 women O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa Beta = -.01 ns men O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa Beta = +.20 ns women

Beta's controled for
personal characteristics:
- education
- health compared to others.
O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa Beta = +.01 ns men O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa Beta = +.22 p < .05 women

Beta's additionally controled for network structure:
- size of inner circle
- size of middle circle
- size of outer circle
O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa Beta = -.04 ns men O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa Beta = +.13 ns women

Beta's additionally controled for negative social support:
- network doesn't understand
- network gets on nerve
- want more dependable network
- network too demanding.