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Correlational findings

Study OECD (2019a): study UY 2018

Public
15-years-old highschool pupils, Uruguay, 2018
Survey name
IN-PISA 2018
Sample
Respondents
N = 3945
Non Response
Assessment
Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)
in some countries paper questionnaires were used

Correlate

Authors's Label
Meaning in life
Our Classification
Remarks
Calculations in SPSS database, downloaded from OECD website in January 2022
Distribution
Mean = 8,45; SD 2.25
Operationalization
Self report on three questions:
a) My life has a clear meaning or purpose.
b) I have discovered a satisfactory meaning in life.
c) I have a clear sense of what gives meaning to my life.
Rated:
1: strongly disagree
2: disagree
3: agree
4: strongly agree

Scores summed to a scale with range 3-12

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-b r = +,34 p < .01 A-AB-g-mq-v-4-a r = +,31 p < .01