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Correlational findings

Study Kaliterna Lipovcan & Prizmic-Larsen (2016): study HR 2008

Public
18+ aged happy and unhappy people, Croatia, 2008
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Respondents
N = 800
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
The respondents were told that responses were anonymous

Correlate

Authors's Label
Involvement in the community life
Our Classification
Operationalization
Self-rated on single question: Indicate how often you have been involved in active helping in the community life (as helping to organize community events, to clean the environment, or to be part of civil organization)
Rated:
1 not at all involved
2
3 regularly involved

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks M-FH-g-sq-n-11-a DM = +          involvement in the community life
happy          M = 1.4     SD = 0.64
unhappy        M = 1.2     SD = 0.53
- difference     + 0.2
M-FH-g-sq-n-11-a = 0.01 p < .05 Eta-squared controlled for:
- gender
- age
- education level
- per capita household income
M-FH-g-sq-n-11-a d = 0.34