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Correlational findings

Study Helliwell & Huang (2008): study US 2001

Public
Working population, USA, 2001
Survey name
US-Social Capital Benchmark Survey
Sample
Respondents
N = 13000
Non Response
Assessment

not reported

Correlate

Authors's Label
Trust in general
Our Classification
Distribution
Mean:  0,55
SD:      0,48
Operationalization
Trust in general, scaled 0-1

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-u-sq-v-4-n OPRC = + p < .01 OPRC = 0,175

OPRC adjusted for household income, trust in coworkers, age,self-perceived health, marital status, education, contacts with friends-family members - neighbours, memberships, trust in neighbours, trust in police, religion and job characteristics