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Correlational findings

Study Moller & Roberts (2017): study ZA 2012

Public
16+ aged general public, South Africa, 2012
Survey name
SA-SAS 2012_2
Sample
Respondents
N = 3000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Employment status
Our Classification
Distribution
a. 35% b. 31% c. 34%
Operationalization
Self reported employment status:
a. Employed
b. Unemployed
c. Labour inactive

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c DM = +/- Employed          M = 5.84
Unemployed        M = 4.61
Labour inactive   M = 5.76 C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c D%sr = +1.2 Emploved (vs Unemployed: a vs b) C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c D%sr = +.08 Employed (vs Labour inactive: a vs c) C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c D%sr = -1.2 Unemployed (vs Labour inactive: b vs c)