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Correlational findings

Study Ekici & Koydemir (2014): study TR 2008

Public
15+ aged, general public, Turkey, 2008
Survey name
EU-EVS
Sample
Respondents
N = 2381
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Institutional trust (confidence)
Our Classification
Remarks
Cronach's alpha = 0.82
Distribution
M = 3.07, SD = 0.68
Related specification variables
Operationalization
Self report on question: How much confidence do you have in
a.  the education system?
b.  the police?
c.  the civil service?
d.  the health care system?
e.  the justice system?

Rated:
1 = none at all
2 = not very much
3 = quite a lot
4 = a great deal

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a OLRC = + p < .01 Probability of being more/less happy when confident:
- very satisfied           + 5% (.01)
- somewhat satisfied       + 2% (.01)
- medium satisfied         - 2% (.01)
- somewhat dissatisfied    - 2% (.01)
- very dissatisfied        - 2% (.01)
O-HL-c-sq-v-4-g OLRC = + p < .01 - very happy               + 4% (.01)
- quite happy              - 0% (ns)
- not very happy           - 2% (.01)
- not at all happy         - 2% (.01)

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