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Correlational findings

Study Timmermans (1997): study KR 1990

Public
18+ aged, general public, South Korea, 1990
Sample
Respondents
N = 1251
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview

Correlate

Authors's Label
Household income
Our Classification
Operationalization
Single question: "Here is a scale of incomes and we would like to know in what group your household is, counting all wages, salaries, pensions and other incomes that come in" rated on a 10-point scale (scale categories not
reported in datafile).

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a DM = + 1       M=2.73     Mt=5.8
2       Empty category
3       Empty category
4       M=2.91     Mt=6.4
5       Empty category
6       Empty category
7       M=2.95     Mt=6.5
8       Empty category
9       Empty category   
10      M=3.04     Mt=6.8 O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a DM = + 1       M=6.05      Mt=5.6
2       Empty category
3       Empty category
4       M=6.88      Mt=6.5
5       Empty category    
6       Empty category    
7       M=7.30      Mt=7.0
8       Empty category    
9       Empty category    
10      M=7.76      Mt=7.5 O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a r = +.15 p < .001 O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a r = +.23 p < .001 O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a tc = +.11 p < .001 O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a tb = +.18 p < .001 O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a Beta = +.16 p < .001 ß controlled for sex and age O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a Beta = +.24 p < .001 ß controlled for sex and age