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Correlational findings

Study Becchetti et al. (2016): study ZZ Europe 2006

Public
50+ aged, general public, Europe, 2006,2007
Survey name
SHARE
Sample
Respondents
N = 30325000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI)

Correlate

Authors's Label
Marital status
Our Classification
Distribution
a: M = 0.71, SD = 0.45;
b: M = 0.15, SD = 0.35;
c: M = 0.07, SD = 0.25;
d: M = 0.01, SD = 0.11;
e: M = 0.01, SD = 0.12;
Operationalization
a: Married
b: Widowed
c: Divorced
d: Separated
e: Registered partner
f: Single (reference)

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-u-sq-n-11-e b = +.48 p < .01 Married (vs single) O-SLW-u-sq-n-11-e b = +.08 ns Widowed (vs single) O-SLW-u-sq-n-11-e b = -.01 ns Divorced (vs single) O-SLW-u-sq-n-11-e b = -.10 ns Separated (vs single) O-SLW-u-sq-n-11-e b = +.53 p < .01 Registered partner (vs single)

b's controlled for:
- gender
- years of education
- household size
- number of children
- number of grandchildren
- age
- region