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Correlational findings

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 environment
Our Classification
Distribution
% yes, a: 72.4%,b:  79.1%, c: 69.8%
Operationalization
Selfreport on questions on exercise environment. Participants were asked if they had an access to exercise facilities near their homes,
a: fitness clubs
b: parks
c: mountain trails.
1: yes
0: no

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-g-sq-v-4-m D% = + p < .001 Fitness clubs near home   
             % happy %unhappy  %difference
- yes            62.1     37.9        +24.2
- no             52.7     47.3        +5.4 O-HL-g-sq-v-4-m OR = 1.08 p < .05 CI95[0,81-1,43] O-HL-g-sq-v-4-m D% = + p < .003 Parks near home   
             % happy %unhappy  %difference
- yes            61.5     38.5       +23
- no             52.2     47.8       +4.4 O-HL-g-sq-v-4-m OR = 1.15 p < .05 CI95[0,84-1,57] O-HL-g-sq-v-4-m D% = + p < .001 Mountain trails near home   
             % happy %unhappy  %difference
- yes            62.6    37.4       +25.2
- no             52.4    47.6       +4.8 O-HL-g-sq-v-4-m OR = 1.31 p < .05 CI95[1,01-1,70]

OR's controled for:
- socio-demographic factors
  - age
  - marital status
  - income
  - education
- stress
- healthy behavior
  - smoking
  - regular exercise
  - healthy eating