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Correlational findings

Study Timmermans (1997): study PL 1989

Public
18+ aged, general public, Poland, 1990
Sample
Respondents
N = 938
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=2.90     Mt=6.3
2       M=2.96     Mt=6.5
3       M=3.00     Mt=6.7
4       M=2.99     Mt=6.6 O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a DM = + 1       M=6.69      Mt=6.3
2       M=6.56      Mt=6.2
3       M=6.71      Mt=6.3
4       M=6.56      Mt=6.2 A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a DM = + 1       M=1.01      Mt=6.0
2       M=1.43      Mt=6.4
3       M=1.68      Mt=6.7
4       M=1.47      Mt=6.5 O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a r = +.06 ns O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a r = -.01 ns A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a r = +.10 p < .05 O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a tb = +.04 ns O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a tc = -.01 ns A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a tc = +.07 p < .05 O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a Beta = +.04 ns ß controlled for sex, age, and household income O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a Beta = -.02 ns ß controlled for sex, age, and household income A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a Beta = +.09 p < .05 ß controlled for sex, age, and household income