Correlational findings | World Database of Happiness

Study Kye & Park (2014): study KR 2009

Public: 30-69 aged, general population, South Korea 2009
Survey name: Unnamed study
Sample
Respondents: N = 1530
Non Response
Assessment: Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label

Exercise

Our Classification

Distribution

1: 44.2%, 0: 55.8%

Operationalization

Selfreport on questions on physical activity (exercise). Participants who exercised more than 5 times a week for a 30minutes a day were considered regular exercisers.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure

Statistics

Elaboration / Remarks

O-HL-g-sq-v-4-m

D% = + p < .001

Regular exercise % happy %unhappy  %difference
- yes            64.8     35.2       + 29.6
- no             55.3     44.7       + 18.3

O-HL-g-sq-v-4-m

OR = 1.40 p < .05

OR CI95[1,09-1,79] controled for:
- socio-demographic factors
  - age
  - marital status
  - income
  - education
- stress
- healthy behavior
  - smoking
  - healthy eating
- exercise environment
  - parks
  - fitness clubs
  - mountain trails