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Correlational findings

Study Leisure Development Cen (1980): study KR 1979

Public
18+ aged, general public, urban areas, South Korea, 1972
Sample
Respondents
N = 997
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview

Correlate

Authors's Label
Subjective social class
Our Classification
Operationalization
Single direct question: "If people in the society can be divided into five classes as shown on this card, which class would you say you fall under?"
1. low
2. lower middle
3. middle
4. upper middle
5. high

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-c-sq-v-5-e G = +.37 p < .01 O-SLu-c-sq-v-5-a G = +.33 p < .01 O-SLu-c-sq-v-5-a tc = +.24 p < .01 1. low           1
2. lower-middle  1
3. middle        2
4. upper-middle  3
5. high          18 O-HL-c-sq-v-5-e tc = +.23 p < .01 % Very happy:
1. low            6
2. lower middle   2
3. middle         4
4. upper middle  10
5. high          18