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Correlational findings

Study Selim (2008): study TR 1990

Public
18+ aged, general public, Turkey, 1990-2001
Survey name
INT-World Values Survey, pooled waves
Sample
Respondents
N = 6338
Non Response
not reported
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Income
Our Classification
Operationalization
Self rated income position on 1 to 8 steps:
1 fisrt step (reference)
2 second step
3 third step
4 fourth step
5 fifth step
6 sixth step
7 seventh step
8 eight step

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a OLRC = +.18 p < .05 second step (compared to fisrt step) O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a OLRC = +.49 p < .01 third step (compared to first step) O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a OLRC = +.59 p < .01 fourth step (compared to fisrt step) O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a OLRC = +.94 p < .01 fifth step (compared to first step) O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a OLRC = +.87 p < .01 sixth step (compare to first step) O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a OLRC = +.93 p < .01 seventh step (compared to first step) O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a OLRC = +1.2 p < .01 eight step (compared to first step)

higher levels of income are associated with higher levels of satisfaction
O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a OLRC = +.14 ns second step(compared to first step) O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a OLRC = +.34 p < .01 third step (compared to first step) O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a OLRC = +.38 p < .01 fourth step (compared to first step) O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a OLRC = +.52 p < .01 fifth step (compared to first step) O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a OLRC = +.50 p < .01 fifth step (compared to first step) O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a OLRC = +.39 p < .05 seventh step (compared to first step) O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a OLRC = +.43 p < .01 eight step (compared to first step)

OLRC's are controled for:
- year dummies
- gender
- age
- marital status
- number of childeren
- education level
- type of employment
- health status
- importance of life domains
- political orientations and trust

OLRC's cannot be interpreted as absolute effect sizes. Relative values denote that a higher income goes with more happiness. Comparison is only possible across associations with the same happiness measure.