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Correlational findings

Study Erlinghagen (2011): study DE 2002

Public
15+ aged, general public, Germany, 2002-2009
Survey name
EU-ESS 1-4: 2002-2010
Sample
Respondents
N = 11096
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
General trustfulness
Our Classification
Distribution
M=4.8
Operationalization
Self-report on single question:
Using this card, generally speaking, would you say that most people can be trusted, or that you can’t be too careful in dealing with people?
0:  you can’t be too careful
:
10 most people can be trusted.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-u-sq-n-11-a b = +.07 p < .01 O-SLW-c-sq-n-11-cd b = +.10 p < .01 B's controlled for:
- immigration status
- age
- age^2
- education
- employment
- gender
- friends
- partner
- children
- health
- satisfaction with democracy
- frequency of praying
- income