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Correlational findings

Study Koo & Yee (2016): study KR 2014

Public
18+ aged, general public, South Korea, 2014-2018
Survey name
ICSLV 2014-2018
Sample
Respondents
N = 2000
Non Response
Assessment
Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)

Correlate

Authors's Label
Household income
Our Classification
Distribution
1st decile:  22.0%; 2nd-5th decile:   20.0%; 6th-8th decile:   19.8 %; 9th-10th decile:   38.2%
Operationalization
Household income in quintiles:
1 low income
2 mid-low income
3 mid-mid income
4 mid-high income
5 high incomer

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-ce DM = + Relation between quintiles curvilinear (diminishing returns):
Income level       
1 M=4.38
2 M=5.58
3 M=6.00
4 M=6.31
5 M=6.43
O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-ce Beta = +.23 p < .01 Beta controlled for:
- age
- gender
- marital status
- education level
- work status
O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-ce Beta = +.14 p < .05 Beta additionally controlled for:
- ingroup trust
- trust gap
- risk experience
- discrimination experience
- community participation