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Correlational findings

Study Shin & Johnson (1978): study US 1975

Public
Heads of households, Illinois, USA, 1975
Sample
Respondents
N = 665
Non Response
17%
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Correlate

Authors's Label
Assessment of standard of living
Our Classification
Operationalization
Self report on question rated on a scale ranging from excellent to very poor

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa r = +.38 p < .05 O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa Beta = +.25 Beta controlled for:
-assessments only O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa Beta = +.24 Beta controlled for:
- resources
- assessments O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa Beta = +.18 Beta controlled for:
- assessments
- comparisons O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa Beta = +.17 Beta controlled for:
- assessments
- resources
- comparisons

Assessments: satisfaction with:
- leisure time
- housing
- health
- education
- community
- government
Resources:
- race
- sex
- age
- income
- education
- home ownership
- marital status
- number of children
- number of household members
Comparisons:
- perception of being happier than others
- perceived financial improvement in the past few years.