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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
Frequency of meetings with friends
Our Classification
Distribution
M=5.1; SD=1.47
Operationalization
Selfreport on single question:
"How many times do you meet your friends?"

7 Every day
.
.
1 No friends

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-cd OPRC = +.05 p < .001 OPRC controlled for:
- time spent commuting
- time watching TV
- gender
- age and age squared
- health
- modem
- DSL
- glass fiber
- 3G
- USB
- online networking
- contacts with friends
- social trust
- real GDP pc

OPRC not significantly affected by additonal control for:
- social trust
- online networking
- real GDP pc