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Correlational findings

Study Prins (2008): study NL 2007

Public
12-18 aged, The Netherlands, 2007
Sample
Respondents
N = 15116
Non Response
Assessment
Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)

Correlate

Authors's Label
Number of friends
Our Classification
Distribution
in %
1: 1.7, 2: 5.2, 3: 9.0,  4: 9.3,  5: 15.7, 6: 7.8,  7: 5.8,
8: 5.7,  9: 2.4,  10 or more: 37.4
Operationalization
Number of friends; selfreport on single question.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-m-sq-n-10-a rs = +.99 p < .01 1:          M=6,8           
2:          M=7,2          
3:          M=7,4          
4:          M=7,6          
5:          M=7,6
6:          M=7,6
7:          M=7,8
8:          M=7,7
9:          M=7,8
10 or more: M=7,9