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Correlational findings

Study Timmermans (1997): study MX 1990

Public
18+ aged, general public, Mexico, 1990
Sample
Respondents
N = 1531
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview

Correlate

Authors's Label
Current socio- economic status
Our Classification
Operationalization
Interviewer estimate ....
1   DE Manual workers - unskilled,        unemployed
2   C2 Manual workers - skilled,        semi-skilled
3   C1 Middle, non-manual workers
4   AB Upper, upper-middle class

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a DM = + 1       M=2.76      Mt=5.9
2       M=2.95      Mt=6.5
3       M=3.05      Mt=6.8
4       M=3.19      Mt=7.3 O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a DM = + 1       M=6.88      Mt=6.5
2       M=7.47      Mt=7.2
3       M=7.77      Mt=7.5
4       M=7.81      Mt=7.6 A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a DM = + 1       M= .93      Mt=5.9
2       M=1.40      Mt=6.4
3       M=1.55      Mt=6.6
4       M=2.20      Mt=7.2 O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a r = +.18 p < .001 O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a r = +.16 p < .001 A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a r = +.18 p < .001 O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a tb = +.15 p < .001 O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a tc = +.12 p < .001 A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a tc = +.15 p < .001 O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a Beta = +.12 p < .01 ß controlled for sex, age, and family income O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a Beta = +.19 p < .001 ß controlled for sex, age, and family income A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a Beta = +.18 p < .001 ß controlled for sex, age, and family income