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Correlational findings

Study Ekici & Koydemir (2014a): study TR 1999

Public
15+ aged, general public, Turkey, 1999
Survey name
EU-EVS 1999/2000
Sample
Respondents
N = 1205
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Volunteer association membership
Our Classification
Distribution
1 = 8 %
Related specification variables
Operationalization
Self report on question whether the respondent is a member of any of the following 14 groups/organisations:
a. social welfare groups
b. religious organizations
c. cultural activities
d. trade unions
e. political groups
f.  local community actions
g. human rights action
h. environmental groups
i.  professional associations
j.  youth work
k. sports groups
l.  women's group
m. peace movement
n. health organizations.
1 = member of any.
0 = member of none.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a OLRC = ns Probability of being more/less happy if member
- very satisfied           0% (ns)
- somewhat satisfied       0% (ns)
- medium satisfied         0% (ns)
- somewhat dissatisfied    0% (ns)
- very dissatisfied       +1% (ns)
O-HL-c-sq-v-4-g OLRC = - p < .01 - very happy              -7% (.01)
- quite happy             -7% (.05)
- not very happy          +5% (.01)
- not at all happy        +9% (.05)

OLRCs adjusted for:
- income
- age
- employment status
- gender
- marital status
- religiosity