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Correlational findings

Study Sabatini & Sarracino (2014): study IT 2010

Public
18+ aged, general public, Italy, 2010-2011
Survey name
IT MHS 2010-2011
Sample
Respondents
N = 77560
Non Response
Assessment
Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)

Correlate

Authors's Label
Good health
Our Classification
Operationalization
Selfreport on single question:
"In general, would you say that your health is .
. . . "? :
5 Very good (reference)
4 Good
3  Fair
2 Poor
1 Very poor

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-cd OPRC = -.39 p < .001 GOOD HEALTH O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-cd OPRC = -.82 p < .001 FAIR HEALTH O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-cd OPRC = -1.2 p < .001 BAD HEALTH O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-cd OPRC = -.91 p < .001 VERY BAD HEALTH

OPRC's controlled for:
- time spent commuting
- time watching TV
- gender
- age and age squared
- modem
- dsl
- fiber
- satellite
- 3G
- USB
- online networking
- contacts with friends
- social trust
- real GDP pc

OPRC'S not significantly affected by additonal control for:
- frequency of meeting friends
- social trust
- online networking
- real GDP pc