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Correlational findings

Study Pierewan & Tampubolon (2014a): study ZZ Europe 2002

Public
16+ aged general public, EU nations, 2004- 2010
Survey name
EU-ESS 1-4: 2002-2010
Sample
Respondents
N = 100000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Trust
Our Classification
Distribution
               2004    2006   2008   2010
M            4.91      4.99    4.70    5.09
SD          2.49     2.52    2.57    2.43
Related specification variables
Operationalization
Selfreport on single question:
"Generally speaking, would you say that most people can be trusted, or that you can't be too careful in dealing with people?"
5 Completely trust.
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1 Completely distrust

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-u-sq-n-11-a b = + p < .01        b          se
2004  +.10 (01)  0.005
2006  +.10 (01)  0.006
2008  +.10 (01)  0.006
2010  +.11 (01)  0.006

b controlled for:
- frequency internet use
- social life
  - social support
  - social meeting
- health
- socio-demographics
  - age
  - sexe
  - education
  - income
  - marital status
  - employment status
- regional characteristics
  - internet density
  - unemployment rate

Similar results obtained with a logistic regression