Study Greenfield & Marks (2007): study US 1995
- Public
- 25-74 aged, general public, USA, 1995
- Survey name
- US-MIDUS
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 3032
- Non Response
- 39%
- Assessment
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Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)
After the telephone interview 87% of the respondents completed a self-administered mailback questionnaire.
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Religious participation
- Our Classification
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- Error Estimates
- s.e.=0.02
- Remarks
- Recoded: 3 (5+4), 2 (3), 1: ( 2), 0 (1)
- Distribution
- M = 1,67; SD = 1,18
- Operationalization
- Selfreport on single question on frequency you 'usually attend religious or spiritual services'
5: more than once a weel
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4: about once a week
3: one or three times a month
2: less than once a month
1: never
Observed Relation with Happiness
- age
- gender
- education
- income
- employment status
- marital status
- parental status
- self rated physical health
B (+.05) and Beta (+.04) lower when additionsl control for religious social identity