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Correlational findings

Study Tambyah et al. (2009): study SG 2006

Public
20+ aged, general public, Singapore, 2006
Survey name
AsiaBarometer 2006
Sample
Respondents
N = 1038
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Digital life
Our Classification
Distribution
all: 0:29,4%,1:20,5%,2:6,6%,3:43,5%
married subjects only: 0:33,0%,1:22,0%,2:6,8%,3:38,3%
Related specification variables
Operationalization
A digital life index was computed by counting the response to 3 questions on how often respondents
- view webpages
- read emails
- send messages on their mobile phones.
Value of index ranges from 0 to 3.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-c-sq-v-5-m Beta = -.03 ns all O-HL-c-sq-v-5-m Beta = -.02 ns married subjects only M-FH-c-sq-v-4-b Beta = -.08 ns all M-FH-c-sq-v-4-b Beta = -.06 ns married subjects only C-W-u-sq-v-4-c Beta = -.09 p < .05 all C-W-u-sq-v-4-c Beta = -.11 p < .05 married subjects only M-ACO-*-mq-v-7-a Beta = +.07 ns all M-ACO-*-mq-v-7-a Beta = +.07 ns married subjects only M-ACO-*-mq-v-7-a = Betas controlled for
Demographic variables:
- gender
- age
- education
- income
Lifestyle
- global
- spirituality
Value priorities:
- having
- relating
- being