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Correlational findings

Study Diener & Suh (2010): study KR 2010

Public
15+ aged, general public, South Korea, 2010
Survey name
INT-Gallup World Polls
Sample
Respondents
N = 1100
Non Response
Assessment
Multiple assesment methods
Face-to-face in some countries, telephobe in other countries

Correlate

Authors's Label
Income
Our Classification
Distribution
A: range: 0 to 16.000
B: range 2.6 - 5
Operationalization
in US $
A raw on $ 1000
B: log raw

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks A-AB-yd-mq-v-2-u DMt = + Happiness by RAW income C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c DMt = + Happiness converted to z-scores

Convex relation with both Contentment and Affect Balance
A-AB-yd-mq-v-2-u b = + Happiness by LOG income C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c b = + b stronger for Contentment than for Affect Balance