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Correlational findings

Study Timmermans (1997): study NL 1990

Public
18+ aged, general public, The Netherlands, 1990
Sample
Respondents
N = 1017
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview

Correlate

Authors's Label
Current marital status
Our Classification
Operationalization
Single question: "Are you currently..."
1   Married
2   Living as married
3   Divorced
4   Separate
5   Widow
6   Single

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a DM = 1       M=3.49     Mt=8.3
2       M=3.63     Mt=8.8
3       M=3.10     Mt=7.0
4       Less than 10 Ss
5       M=2.97     Mt=6.6
6       M=3.27     Mt=7.6 O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a DM = 1       M=7.93      Mt=7.7
2       M=7.95      Mt=7.7
3       M=7.51      Mt=7.2
4       Less than 10 Ss
5       M=7.28      Mt=7.0
6       M=7.83      Mt=7.6 A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a DM = 1       M=1.89      Mt=6.9
2       M=1.96      Mt=7.0
3       M=1.63      Mt=6.6
4       Less than 10 Ss
5       M= .39      Mt=5.4
6       M=2.00      Mt=7.0