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Correlational findings

Study Ekici & Koydemir (2014): study TR 2008

Public
15+ aged, general public, Turkey, 2008
Survey name
EU-EVS
Sample
Respondents
N = 2381
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Belief in religious ideas
Our Classification
Remarks
Cronbach's alpha = 0.81
Distribution
M = 0.98,  SD = 0.12
Related specification variables
Operationalization
Which, if any, of the following do you believe in?
a.  God
b.  Life after death
c.  Hell
d.  Heaven
e.  Sin
f.  Telepathy

Rated:
0 = no
1 = yes

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a OLRC = ns probability of being more/less happy when believing
- very satisfied          + 0% (ns)
- somewhat satisfied      + 0% (ns)
- medium satisfied        - 0% (ns)
- somewhat dissatisfied   - 0% (ns)
- very dissatisfied       - 0% (ns)
O-HL-c-sq-v-4-g OLRC = ns - very happy              + 3% (ns)
- quite happy             - 0% (ns)
- not very happy          - 2% (ns)
- not at all happy        - 1% (ns)

OLRCs adjusted for:
- employment
- age
- gender
- religiosity
- marital status