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Correlational findings

Study Kataria & Regner (2009): study ZZ 1995

Public
18+ aged general public, 38 nations, 1995-2001
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurvey 1994-2008
Sample
Respondents
N = 42545
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Income
Our Classification
Related specification variables
Operationalization
Selfreport on relative income position in nation

Ten-point income scale in respondent’s country where respondent believes their household income is
1:  lowest decile
:
10: highest decile

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a Beta = +.10 p < .00 All Nations O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a Beta = +.10 p < .00 European nations only O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a Beta = +.13 p < .00 Nations for which information on relational activity is available only

Betas controlled for:
- Health
- Freedom
- Unemployed
- Married
- Education
- Education^2
- Age
- Age^2
- Male
- Religion important
- Trust
- Honesty
- Voluntary org. Dummy
- Active voluntary org. Dummy
- TV (1-2 h)
- TV (2-3 h)
- TV (>3 h) O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a Beta = +.12 p < .00 Nations for which information on relational activity is available only

Beta additionally controlled for Time spent with:
- family
- friends
- colleagues
- church
- sport