| Study | Michalos (2005): study CA Prince George 2003 |
| Title | Arts and the Quality of Life: An Exploratory Study. |
| Source | Social Indicators Research, 2005, Vol. 71, 11 - 59 |
| DOI | DOI: 10.1007/s11205-004-8013-3 |
| Public | Adults, City of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada, 2003 |
| Sample | Probability simple random sample |
| Non-Response | 87% |
| Respondents N = | 315 |
| Correlate | |
| Author's label | Satisfaction with going to art museums/galleries |
| Page in Source | 34, 55 |
| Our classification | Satisfaction with leisure activities, code L03ad03b |
| Operationalization | Selfreport of satisfaction with going to art museum/galleries. Rated: 1 very dissatisfied to 7 very satisfied. Respondents who never go to art museum/ galleries were asked to write '0'. |
| Observed distribution | M = 5.59 |
| Remarks | Only people who go to art museum/ galleries (N=148) |
| Observed Relation with Happiness | ||
| Happiness Measure | Statistics | Elaboration/Remarks |
| O-SLW-c-sq-v-7-g | r=+.19 p < .05 | |
| O-HL-u-sq-v-7-f | r=+.20 p < .05 | |
| O-SLW-c-sq-v-7-g | r= ns | |
| Code | Full Text |
| O-HL-u-sq-v-7-f | Selfreport on single question: Considering your life as a whole, how happy would you say you are? 1 very unhappy 2 somewhat unhappy 3 a little unhappy 4 evenly balanced 5 a little happy 6 somewhat happy 7 very happy |
| O-SLW-c-sq-v-7-g | Selfreport on single question: How satisfied are you with your life as a whole these days? 7 completely satisfied 6 quite satisfied 5 somewhat satisfied 4 neither satisfied nor dissatisfied 3 somewhat dissatisfied 2 quite dissatisfied 1 completely dissatisfied |
| Symbol | Explanation |
| r | PRODUCT-MOMENT CORRELATION COEFFICIENT (Also "Pearson's correlation coefficient' or simply 'correlation coefficient') Type: test statistic. Measurement level: Correlate: metric, Happiness: metric Range: [-1; +1] Meaning: r = 0 « no correlation , r = 1 « perfect correlation, where high correlate values correspond with high happiness values, and r = -1 « perfect correlation, where high correlate values correspond with low happiness values. |