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Correlational findings

Study Ebrahim et al. (2013): study ZA 2008

Public
18+ aged, general public, South Africa, 2008
Survey name
US-National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS) 2008
Sample
Respondents
N = 12230
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Education
Our Classification
Distribution
Black: M=1,47(SD=0,87); Coloured: M=1,55(SD=0,78); Indian:M=1,93(SD=0,79); White:M=2,43(SD=0,52)
Related specification variables
Operationalization
0: None (reference)
1: Primary
2: Secondary
3: Post-secondary

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-j OPRC = +,11 p < .001 Primary       (vs None)
- ALL        OPRC = +.12 (001)
- Black:     OPRC = +.09 (01)
- Coloured:  OPRC = +.23 (01)
- Indian:    OPRC = +.36 (ns)
- White:     OPRC = -.72 (ns)
O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-j OPRC = +,17 p < .001 Secondary     (vs None)
- ALL        OPRC = +.17 (001)
- Black:     OPRC = +,13 (001)
- Coloured:  OPRC = +,28 (001)
- Indian:    OPRC = +,60 (ns)
- White:     OPRC = -,25 (ns)
O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-j OPRC = +,19 p < .001 Post-secondary (vs None)
- ALL        OPRC = +.19 (001)
- Black:     OPRC = +,13 (01)
- Coloured:  OPRC = +,35 (001)
- Indian:    OPRC = +,19 (ns)
- White:     OPRC = -,17 (ns)

OPRCs controlled for
- Age
- Marital status
- Gender
- Self-reported health
- Religion importance
- Children
- Absolute income
- Relative income
- Employed
- Urban residence