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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
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=2.76     Mt=5.9
2       M=2.81     Mt=6.0
3       M=2.89     Mt=6.3
4       M=2.98     Mt=6.6
5       M=2.98     Mt=6.6
6       M=3.03     Mt=6.8
7       M=3.04     Mt=6.8
8       M=3.12     Mt=7.1
9       Less than 10 Ss
10      Less than 10 Ss O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a DM = 1       M=4.78      Mt=4.2
2       M=6.07      Mt=5.6
3       M=6.14      Mt=5.7
4       M=6.48      Mt=6.1
5       M=6.86      Mt=6.5
6       M=6.79      Mt=6.4
7       M=7.56      Mt=7.3
8       M=7.47      Mt=7.2
9       Less than 10 Ss
10      Less than 10 Ss A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a DM = 1       M= .68      Mt=5.7
2       M= .93      Mt=5.9
3       M=1.24      Mt=6.2
4       M=1.31      Mt=6.3
5       M=1.63      Mt=6.6
6       M=1.53      Mt=6.5
7       M=1.95      Mt=7.0
8       M=1.48      Mt=6.5
9       Less than 10 Ss
10      Less than 10 Ss O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a r = +.16 p < .001 O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a r = +.26 p < .001 A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a r = +.18 p < .001 O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a tc = +.09 p < .001 O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a tb = +.17 p < .001 A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a tc = +.12 p < .001 O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a Beta = +.15 p < .001 ß controlled for sex and age O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a Beta = +.25 p < .001 ß controlled for sex and age A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a Beta = +.16 p < .001 ß controlled for sex and age