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Correlational findings

Study Ambrey et al. (2013): study AU Queensland 2000

Public
45+ aged general public, South East Queensland, Australia, 2000-2001
Survey name
AU-HILDA 2001
Sample
Respondents
N = 923
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Correlate

Authors's Label
Marital status
Our Classification
Distribution
Married 57.1%; Defacto 11.2%; Separated 2.7%; Divorced 9.4%; Widow 2.8%; Single: 16.8%
Operationalization

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLu-u-sq-n-11-a OPRC = +.36 p < .01 Married (vs Single) O-SLu-u-sq-n-11-a OPRC = +.22 ns Defacto (vs Single) O-SLu-u-sq-n-11-a OPRC = +.04 ns Separated (vs Single) O-SLu-u-sq-n-11-a OPRC = -.15 ns Divorced (vs Single) O-SLu-u-sq-n-11-a OPRC = +.73 p < .001 Widow (vs Single)

OPRC's controlled for
- Personal characteristics
- Age
- Gender
- Aboriginal identity
- Immigrant
- English ability
- Parent status
- Number of children
- Health condition
- Education levels
- Employment status
- Household income (ln)
- Importance of religion
- Living years
- Others present
- Personality
- Major city
- Local status
-Environment
- Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas
- PM10 (μg/m3)
- Humidity (%)
- Rainfall (mm)
- Temperature (°C)
- Wind speed (meters/second)