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Correlational findings

Study Abbott et al. (2011): study ZZ Various nation sets 2001

Public
Adults, general public, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia and Georgia, 2001
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Respondents
N = 2000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Economic situation of family
Our Classification
Operationalization
Self report on question about 'economic situation of the household'
5 very good
4 good
3
2 bad
1 very badsatisfaction with household financial circumstances

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-v-4-c Beta = +.36 p < .01 Beta controled for other aspect of economic situation:
- perceived suffiency of houshold income
- can afford basic food
O-SLW-c-sq-v-4-c Beta = +.23 p < .001 Beta additionally controled for:
- Age
- Gender
- social cohesion
  - general trust in people
  - trust in government
  - trust in institutions
  - fear of crime
- social integration
  - has close friend
  - social recource
  - active on organizations
  - nationality: identification with ethnic mayority
  - married
  - employed
- empowerment
  - sense of malaise
  - sense of personal control
  - selfrated health
  - perceived political influence
  - perceived political freedom
O-SLW-c-sq-v-4-c Beta = +.17 p < .001 Beta additionally controled for country
- Freedom of choice and control