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Correlational findings

Study Leisure Development Cen (1980): study CA 1979

Public
18+ aged, general public, Canada, 1979
Sample
Respondents
N = 1012
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview

Correlate

Authors's Label
Acceptance of social inequality
Our Classification
Operationalization
"Here are two options in the existing conditions of our country. Which one do you agree with?"
1. Too much liberalism here has been
   producing increasingly wide
   differences in people's economic and
   social life. People should live more
   equally.
2. There is too much of equality
   principle. People should be given
   more credit to choose their own
   economical and social life according
   to their abilities.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-c-sq-v-5-e G = +.14 p < .01 O-SLu-c-sq-v-5-a G = +.16 p < .01 O-SLu-c-sq-v-5-a tc = +.09 p < .01 1. wants less inequality 29
2. wants more inequality 37
O-HL-c-sq-v-5-e tc = +.08 p < .01 % Very happy:
1. wants less inequality 35
2. wants more inequality 42