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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
Education
Our Classification
Operationalization
Not reported.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa r = +.13 p < .10 men O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa r = +.08 ns women O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa Beta = +.08 ns men O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa Beta = +.06 ns women

Beta's controled for
personal characteristics:
- age
- health compared to others. O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa Beta = +.06 ns men O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa Beta = +.00 ns 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 = +.07 ns men O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa Beta = +.01 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.