Correlational findings | World Database of Happiness

Study Zeluf et al. (2016): study SE 2014

Public: Transgender people, Sweden, 2014
Survey name: Unnamed study
Sample
Respondents: N = 776
Non Response
Assessment: Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)

Correlate

Authors's Label

Social support

Our Classification

Distribution

0: N = 204, 1: N = 570

Operationalization

Self-report to single question.
Do you have someone you can share your innermost feelings with and confide in?
0 no
1 yes

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure

Statistics

Elaboration / Remarks

O-QOL-c-sq-n-11-a

D% = +

                    % happy
Social support      61%
No social support   41%
- difference       +20%

O-QOL-c-sq-n-11-a

OR = + p < .05

Odds ratio for high happiness

                    OR        CI95
Social support      1.00      Reference
No social support   0.45(05)  [0.32-0.62]

O-QOL-c-sq-n-11-a

OR = + p < .01

Adjusted odds ratio for high happiness

                    ORa      CI95
Social support      1.00      Reference
No social support   0.49(01)  [0.31-0.77]

Adjustment variables not reported