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Correlational findings

Study Gray et al. (2008a): study TH Thailand North 2005

Public
+ 20 aged, Chai Nai and Kanchnaburi provinces, Thailand, 2005
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Respondents
N = 5360
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Marital status
Our Classification
Distribution
Chainat: 1: 73,7%, 0a: 7,6%, 0b: 18,7%
Kanchnaburi 1: 77,9%, 0a: 9,1%, 0b: 13,0%
Operationalization
1 Married
0 Not married
   a single
   b widowed/divorced/separated

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks M-FH-c-sq-n-11-e DM = +/- CHAI NAT
Currently married  M = 5,8  SD = 1,9
Never married      M = 5,9  SD = 1,9
Earlier married    M = 5,5  SD = 2,0
M-FH-c-sq-n-11-e b = + ns Currently married (vs never)  b = +.20 (ns)
Earlier married   (vs never)  b = +.22 (ns)
M-FH-c-sq-n-11-e DM = +/- KANCHANABURI
Currently married  M = 6,2  SD = 1,7
Never married      M = 5,7  SD = 1,7
Earlier married    M = 5,6  SD = 2,3
M-FH-c-sq-n-11-e b = + ns Currently married (vs never)  b = -.17 (ns)
Earlier married   (vs never)  b = -.14 (ns)

b's controlled for:
- age
- gender
- marital status
- education
- income
- house ownership
- perceived neighbourhood quality
- sickness last month
- feeling of relative poverty
- debts