| Study | Michalos & Zumbo (2000): study CA Prince George 1997 |
| Title | Criminal Victimization and the Quality of Life. |
| Source | Social Indicators Research, 2000, Vol. 50, 245 - 295 |
| DOI | DOI: 10.1023/A:1006930019814 |
| Public | Adult general population, City of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada, 1997 |
| Sample | Probability simple random sample |
| Non-Response | 63% |
| Respondents N = | 737 |
| Correlate | |
| Author's label | Self-harm-weighted victimization |
| Page in Source | 273 |
| Our classification | Current victim status, code V06ab |
| Operationalization | Calculated by multiplying the mean harmfulness score for each kind of offence times each occurrence of the offence for every respondent and adding all these products for each respondent |
| Remarks | Crime victims only: N = 462 |
| Observed Relation with Happiness | ||
| Happiness Measure | Statistics | Elaboration/Remarks |
| O-QLS-c-sq-v-7-b | r= ns | |
| O-HL-u-sq-v-7-e | r= ns | |
| O-SLW-c-sq-v-7-f | r= ns | |
| Code | Full Text |
| O-HL-u-sq-v-7-e | Selfreport on single question: Considering your life as a whole, would you describe it as…? 1 very unhappy 2 unhappy 3 unhappy 4 mixed 5 happy 6 happy 7 very happy lVerbal abel 'unhappy' used for numerical options 2 and 3 together. Likewise verbal label 'happy'used for both numerical options 5 and 6. |
| O-QLS-c-sq-v-7-b | Selfreport on single question: Here are some features of people’s lives affecting them today. Please indicate how satisfied you are with each of them.... How satisfied are you with your overall quality of life? 1 very dissatisfied 2 somewhat dissatisfied 3 a little dissatisfied 4 about evenly balanced 5 a little satisfied 6 somewhat satisfied 7 very satisfied |
| O-SLW-c-sq-v-7-f | Selfreport on single question: Here are some features of people’s lives affecting them today. Please indicate how satisfied you are with each of them.... How satisfied are you with your life as-a-whole? 1 very dissatisfied 2 somewhat dissatisfied 3 a little dissatisfied 4 about evenly balanced 5 a little satisfied 6 somewhat satisfied 7 very satisfied |
| 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. |