Study Beja Jr. (2013): study ZZ 2000
- Public
- Married women, 44 nations, 2000
- Survey name
- INT-WorldValuesSurvey 5
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 14013
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Individual choice and control
- Our Classification
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- Distribution
- Quintile: M = 3,87, SD = 1,02
- Operationalization
- Selfreport on single question: "Some people feel they have completely free choice and control over their lives, while other people feel that what they do has no real effect on what happens to them … indicate how much freedom of choice and control you feel you have over the way life turns out".
Rated 1 (no choice at all) to 10 (a great deal of choice).
2 consecutive values are collapsed to form 5 selfcontrol categories with Quintile 1 as the reference state.
Observed Relation with Happiness
UPPER MIDDLE LOWER
Selfcontrol b p< b p< b p<
Quintile 2 + .27 ns + .06 ns -.52 .05
Quintile 3 + .84 .01 + .39 .01 +.07 ns
Quintile 4 +1.49 .01 + .83 .01 +.36 .05
Quintile 5 +2.04 .01 +1.56 .01 +.60 .01
b's controlled for:
- INDIVIDUAL characteristics:
- age (+ age squared)
- education
- income
- selffulfillment
- financial satisfaction
- employment status
- NATIONAL characteristics:
- GDP p.c.(GDPPPC)
- Female labour participation rate(LABOR):
ECONOMIC LEVEL NATION
UPPER MIDDLE LOWER
Selfcontrol b p< b p< b p<
Quintile 2 + .26 ns + .01 ns -.56 .05
Quintile 3 + .81 .01 + .32 .05 +.06 ns
Quintile 4 +1.43 .01 + .71 .01 +.33 01
Quintile 5 +1.99 .01 +1.37 .01 +.57 .01