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Correlational findings

Study Timmermans (1997): study SE 1990

Public
18+ aged, general public, Sweden, 1990
Sample
Respondents
N = 1047
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview

Correlate

Authors's Label
Political concern
Our Classification
Operationalization
Single question: "How interested would you say you are in politics?"
1   Not at all interested
2   Not very interested
3   Somewhat interested
4   Very interested

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a DM = + 1       M=3.36     Mt=7.9
2       M=3.37     Mt=7.9
3       M=3.37     Mt=7.9
4       M=3.34     Mt=7.8 O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a DM = + 1       M=6.57      Mt=6.2
2       M=6.96      Mt=6.6
3       M=7.30      Mt=7.0
4       M=7.52      Mt=7.2 A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a DM = + 1       M= .17      Mt=5.2
2       M=1.02      Mt=6.0
3       M=1.57      Mt=6.6
4       M=1.96      Mt=7.0 O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a DM = + 1       M=2.87     Mt=6.2
2       M=2.99     Mt=6.6
3       M=3.04     Mt=6.8
4       M=3.11     Mt=7.0 A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a DM = + 1       M=2.75      Mt=7.8
2       M=2.85      Mt=7.9
3       M=2.98      Mt=8.0
4       M=2.97      Mt=8.0 O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a DM = + 1       M=8.11      Mt=7.9
2       M=8.09      Mt=7.9
3       M=7.85      Mt=7.6
4       M=7.79      Mt=7.5 O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a r = -.01 ns A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a r = +.22 p < .001 O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a r = +.14 p < .001 A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a r = +.04 ns O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a r = +.11 p < .001 O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a r = -.08 p < .05 A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a tc = +.04 p < .05 O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a tc = -.07 p < .01 O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a tb = -.01 ns O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a tb = +.10 p < .001 O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a tc = +.09 p < .001 A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a tc = +.17 p < .001 A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a Beta = +.00 ns ß controlled for sex, age, and household income O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a Beta = -.08 p < .05 ß controlled for sex, age, and household income O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a Beta = -.00 ns ß controlled for sex, age, and household income O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a Beta = +.11 p < .001 ß controlled for sex, age, and household income O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a Beta = +.14 p < .001 ß controlled for sex, age, and household income A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a Beta = +.19 p < .001 ß controlled for sex, age, and household income