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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
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=2.62      Mt=5.4
2       M=2.76      Mt=5.9
3       M=2.92      Mt=6.4
4       M=3.02      Mt=6.7 O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-aa DM = + 1       M=5.44      Mt=4.9
2       M=6.16      Mt=5.7
3       M=6.94      Mt=6.6
4       M=7.94      Mt=7.7 O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a r = +.18 p < .001 O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-aa r = +.26 p < .001 O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a tb = +.16 p < .001 O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-aa tc = +.19 p < .001 O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a Beta = +.14 p < .001 ß controlled for sex, age, and family income O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-aa Beta = +.19 p < .001 ß controlled for sex, age, and family income