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Correlational findings

Study Joshanloo (2018a): study ZZ World samples 2006

Public
15+ aged, 94 nations, 2006-2007
Survey name
INT-Gallup World Polls
Sample
Respondents
N = 97739
Non Response
Assessment
Multiple assesment methods
face-to-face and phone interviews

Correlate

Authors's Label
Purpose in life
Our Classification
Remarks
Originally coded 1: yes, 2: no, which yielded a positive correlation. This order was changed by the WDH team to fit the standard presentation, Accordingly, the sign of the correlationwas changed to negative
Operationalization
Selfreport on single question:
Do you feel your life has an important purpose or meaning?
1 = yes
0 = no

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c b = -.70 p < .01 b -.696 CI95[ -.621 to -.772] controlled for:  
- Individual characteristics
  - age
  - gender
  - sufficiency of household income
  - religiosity
- Nation characteristics
  - average purpose in life
  - average religiosity

The control for average purpose in life means that the negative b value denotes seeing more purpose than average in nation