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Correlational findings

Study Timmermans (1997): study IS 1990

Public
18+ aged, general public, Iceland 1990
Sample
Respondents
N = 702
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview

Correlate

Authors's Label
Global health rating
Our Classification
Operationalization
Single question: "All in all, how would you describe your state of health these days?" Would you say it is....
1   Very poor
2   Poor
3   Fair
4   Good
5   Very good

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a DM = + 1       Less than 10 Ss
2       M=3.00      Mt=6.7
3       M=3.24      Mt=7.5
4       M=3.38      Mt=7.9
5       M=3.49      Mt=8.3 O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a DM = + 1       Less than 10 Ss
2       M=6.94      Mt=6.6
3       M=7.56      Mt=7.3
4       M=7.79      Mt=7.5
5       M=8.50      Mt=8.3 A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a DM = 1       Less than 10 Ss
2       M=1.83      Mt=6.8
3       M=2.00      Mt=7.0
4       M=2.56      Mt=7.6
5       M=2.85      Mt=7.9 O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a r = +.21 p < .001 O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a r = +.26 p < .001 A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a r = +.22 p < .001 O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a tc = +.14 p < .001 O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a tc = +.21 p < .001 A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a tc = +.15 p < .001 O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a Beta = +.23 p < .001 ß controlled for sex and age O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a Beta = +.29 ns ß controlled for sex and age A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a Beta = +.22 p < .001 ß controlled for sex and age