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Correlational findings

Study Sigelman (1981): study US 1974

Public
18+ aged, general public, USA, 1974-76
Sample
Respondents
N = 2650
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
Highly structured

Correlate

Authors's Label
Health condition
Our Classification
Operationalization
Direct question: "Would you say your own health in general is excellent, good, fair or poor?"

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa Beta = +.27 p < .01 ß controlled for: age, gender, race, education, family income, marital status, church attendance and political participation.
ß hardly decreases when intelligence (IQ) is also controled.