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Correlational findings

Study Ugur (2019): study TR 2003

Public
18+ aged general public, Turkey 2003-2017
Survey name
TR-TurkishLS pooled surveys
Sample
Respondents
N = 300313
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Marital status
Our Classification
Distribution
1:M:0.76    SD:0.43
0a: M:0.15  SD:0.36
0b:M:0.07  SD:0.25
0c:M:0.02  SD:0.15
Operationalization
1:Married
0:Not married
   0a:Never married(reference)
   0b Widowed
   0c: Divorced/Separeted

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-u-sq-v-5-a b = +.25 p < .01 Married (vs never married) O-HL-u-sq-v-5-a b = -.14 ns Widoved (vs never married) O-HL-u-sq-v-5-a b = -.23 p < .01 Divorced/Separated (vs never married)

all b coefficients controlled for:

- income
- gender
- education
- age
- employment status
- satisfaction with health
- satisfaction with relations with friends
- year fixed effects