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Correlational findings

Study Arampatzi et al. (2018): study NL 2012

Public
15-44 aged, internet users, The Netherlands, 2012-2013
Survey name
NL-LISS 2012-2013
Sample
Respondents
N = 1944
Non Response
Assessment
Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)

Correlate

Authors's Label
Occupational status
Our Classification
Distribution
Range: 0-1; Unemployed: M:0,03; SD:0,16; employed: M: 0,63; SD: 0,48; school: M: 0,27; SD: 0,44
Operationalization
a Retired (reference)
b Unemployed
c School

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-u-sq-n-11-j Beta = +.28 p < .10 Employed         (vs. retired) O-HL-u-sq-n-11-j Beta = -.02 ns Unemployed       (vs. retired) O-HL-u-sq-n-11-j Beta = +.09 ns School            (vs. retired)

Betas controlled for:
- time spent on social network sites
- time spent on internet (other)
- time spent on online games
- gender
- age
- marital status
- education
- year dummies

Beta not significantly affected by additional control for:
- contact with friends
- contact with family
- satisfaction with social contacts
- social loneliness