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Correlational findings

Study Mayol & Pénard (2017): study FR 2013

Public
15+ aged, Facebook users, France, 2013
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Respondents
N = 2000
Non Response
Assessment
Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)

Correlate

Authors's Label
Social status
Our Classification
Distribution
M= .35; SE= .48
Operationalization
Selfreport on single question on 'High occupational status' (managers, engineers, entrepreneurs, etc.):
1 Yes
0 No

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLu-u-sq-v-7-a b = +.24 p < .01 b controlled for:
- sociodemographic characteristics:
  - age
  - gender
  - income
  - household size

- b not significantly affected by additional control for:
  - offline sociability
    - volunteer
    - off line sociability
    - cultural outings
    - friends
  - online sociability
    - 'interactiveuse': regular interactive use of Facebook)
    - 'passiveuse': looking at walls of friends on Facebook without interactions)