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Correlational findings

Study Senik (2011): study BE 2002

Public
15+ aged general public, Belgium, 2002-2009
Survey name
EU-ESS 1-4: 2002-2010
Sample
Respondents
N = 4831
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Divorced
Our Classification
Remarks
Order reversed by World Database of Happiness team.
Operationalization
Self-report on single question:
This question is about your legal marital status not about who you may or may not be living with. Which one of the descriptions on this card describes your legal marital status now?
1: Never married
0: Legally divorced/Civil union dissolved

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-u-sq-n-11-a b = +.28 p < .001 B's controlled for:
- Region in Belgium
- Language spoken at home
- Age and age squared
- Being unemployed
- Gender
- Household income
- Survey year