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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
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=2.83      Mt=6.1
2       M=3.08      Mt=6.9
3       M=3.09      Mt=7.0
4       M=3.25      Mt=7.5
O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a DM = + 1       M=7.30      Mt=7.0
2       M=7.60      Mt=7.3
3       M=7.62      Mt=7.4
4       M=7.89      Mt=7.7
A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a DM = + 1       M= .55      Mt=5.5
2       M=1.03      Mt=6.0
3       M=1.28      Mt=6.3
4       M=1.56      Mt=6.6
O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a r = +.14 p < .001 O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a r = +.07 p < .01 A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a r = +.16 p < .001 O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a tb = +.11 p < .001 O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a tc = +.04 p < .05 A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a tc = +.13 p < .001 O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a Beta = +.04 ns ß controlled for sex, age, and family income O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a Beta = +.04 ns ß controlled for sex, age, and family income A-BB-cm-mq-v-2-a Beta = +.08 p < .01 ß controlled for sex, age, and family income