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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
Offline sociability
Our Classification
Distribution
1: 55.2%; 0: 44.8%
Operationalization
Selfreport on single question on frequency of spontaneous meetings with friends:
1 At least once a week
0 Less than once a week

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLu-u-sq-v-7-a b = +.36 p < .01 b controlled for:
- sociodemographic characteristics:
  - age
  - gender
  - income
  - household size
  - social status
- offline sociability
  - volunteer

- 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