Correlational finding on Happiness and subject: Sex (male vs female)

StudyJacob & Brinkerhoff (1999): study US 1998
TitleMindfulness and Subjective Well-Being in the Sustainability Movement: A Further Discrepancies Theory.
SourceSocial Indicators Research, 1999, Vol. 46, 341 - 368
DOIDOI: 10.1023/A:1006941403481
Public'Back to the landers', USA 1998
SampleNon-probability purposive sample
Non-Response41,8
Respondents N =565
Correlate
Author's labelGender
Page in Source 358
Our classificationSex (male vs female)
Operationalization
0 females
1 males
Observed Relation with Happiness
Happiness
Measure		StatisticsElaboration/Remarks
O-H?-c-sq-v-5-br=+.10 ns

Appendix 1: Happiness measures used



CodeFull Text



O-H?-c-sq-v-5-bSelfreport on single question:

Lead item not reported.
5  very happy
4  happy
3  neutral
2. unhappy
1  very unhappy

Appendix 2: Statistics used
SymbolExplanation
rPRODUCT-MOMENT CORRELATION COEFFICIENT (Also "Pearson's correlation coefficient' or simply 'correlation coefficient')
Type: test statistic.
Measurement level: Correlate: metric, Happiness: metric
Range: [-1; +1]

Meaning:
r = 0  « no correlation ,
r = 1  « perfect correlation, where high correlate values correspond with high happiness values, and
r = -1  « perfect correlation, where high correlate values correspond with low happiness values.

Source:

Ruut Veenhoven, World Database of Happiness, Collection of Correlational Findings, Erasmus University Rotterdam.

https://worlddatabaseofhappiness.eur.nl