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Correlational findings

Study Timmermans (1997): study CL 1990

Public
18+ aged, general public, Chile, 1990
Sample
Respondents
N = 1500
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=2.97     Mt=6.6
2       M=3.07     Mt=6.9
3       M=3.09     Mt=7.0
4       M=3.08     Mt=6.9 O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a DM = + 1       M=7.66      Mt=7.4
2       M=7.34      Mt=7.0
3       M=7.56      Mt=7.3
4       M=7.51      Mt=7.2 A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a DM = + 1       M= .92      Mt=5.9
2       M= .91      Mt=5.9
3       M=1.27      Mt=6.3
4       M=1.11      Mt=6.1 O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a r = +.06 p < .05 O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a r = -.02 ns A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a r = +.06 p < .05 O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a tb = +.04 p < .05 O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a tc = -.05 p < .05 A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a tc = +.04 p < .05 O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a Beta = +.02 ns ß controlled for sex, age, and household income O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a Beta = -.03 ns ß controlled for sex, age, and household income A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a Beta = +.02 ns ß controlled for sex, age, and household income