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Correlational findings

Study Lombardo et al. (2018): study CA 2003

Public
12+ aged, general public, Canada, 2003-2012
Survey name
CA-Canadian Community Health Survey: combined waves
Sample
Respondents
N = 666574
Non Response
72,9
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Correlate

Authors's Label
Amount of stress in life
Our Classification
Operationalization
Selfreport on single question. Text not specified.

5 Extreme (reference)
4 Quite a bit
3 A bit
2 Not very
1 Not at all

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLu-g-sq-v-5-a DM = - p < .0001                       Mean   DM    95% c.i.
5 Extreme(reference)  3.59         3.57-3.61
4 Quite a bit         4.00   +.41  3.99-4.00
3 A bit               4.23   +.64  4.23-4.24
2 Not very            4.39   +.80  4.39-4.40
1 Not at all          4.51   +.92  4.51-4.52 O-SLu-g-sq-v-5-a OR = - p < .0001                       OR     95% c.i.
5 Extreme(reference)  
4 Quite a bit         1.48   1.43-1.54
3 A bit               2.15   2.07-2.23
2 Not very            3.03   2.92-3.14
1 Not at all          4.68   4.50-4.87

OR controlled for:
- Current:
      - selfreported mental health
      - selfreported general health
      - sense of community belonging
      - household income
- Change in health compared to 1 year ago