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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
Religion
Our Classification
Operationalization
Self report on single question about importance of religion:
0 unimportance of religion (reference)
1 importance of religion

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a OLRC = + p < .10 importance of religion (compared to no relgion) O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a OLRC = + p < .01 importance of religion (unimportance of religion)

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

OLRC's cannot be interpreted as absolute effect sizes. Values are therefore not reported in this abstract.