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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
Age
Our Classification
Distribution
1: 30.7%, 2: 31.4%, 3: 22.1%, 4: 15.8%
Operationalization
1. 30-39 (reference)
2. 40-49
3. 50-59
4. 60-69

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-g-sq-v-4-m D% = + p < .039                  % happy %unhappy  %difference
- 30-39              64.0  36.0    +28
- 40-49              60.3  39.7    +20.6
- 50-59              54.6  45.4    +9.2
- 60-69              54.4  43.6    +10.8 O-HL-g-sq-v-4-m OR = 0.75 p < .05 Age 40-49 (vs 30-39) CI95[0,54-1,03] O-HL-g-sq-v-4-m OR = 0.62 p < .05 Age 50-59 (vs 30-39)CI95[0,42-0,90] O-HL-g-sq-v-4-m OR = 0.95 p < .05 Age 60-69 (vs 30-39) CI95[0,60-1,50]

OR's controled for:
- socio-demographic factors
  - age
  - marital status
  - income
  - education
- stress
- healthy behavior
  - smoking
  - regular excercose
  - healthy eating
- exercise environment
  - parks
  - fitness clubs
  - mountain trails