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Correlational findings

Study Yeh et al. (2015): study TW 2009

Public
Working age public, Taiwan, 2009
Survey name
TW-Social Change Survey 2009
Sample
Respondents
N = 1311
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Relative family income
Our Classification
Distribution
Mean = 2.59, SD = 0.75
Operationalization
Self-report on single question: On the whole, how do you compare your current family income with current family expenditures?
Rated:
[ 1 ] very short of income
[ 2 ] short of income
[ 3 ] sufficient
[ 4 ] very sufficient

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-i OPRC = +.47 p < .001 controlled for:
- personal characteristics
   - age
   - gender
   - education
   - employment status
   - marital status
   - health
   - residence
   - religion
- absolute income
- relative income O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-i OPRC = +.46 p < .001 additionally controlled for:
- objective class position O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-i OPRC = +.45 p < .001 additionally controlled for:
- subjective class position

OPRC similar when additionally controlled for:
- personality O-HL-c-sq-v-3-o OPRC = +.38 p < .001 controlled for:
- personal characteristics
- absolute income
- relative income

similar when additionally controlled for:
- objective class position
- subjective class position (+ previous)
- personality (+ previous)