| Study | Jacob & Brinkerhoff (1999): study US 1998 |
| Title | Mindfulness and Subjective Well-Being in the Sustainability Movement: A Further Discrepancies Theory. |
| Source | Social Indicators Research, 1999, Vol. 46, 341 - 368 |
| DOI | DOI: 10.1023/A:1006941403481 |
| Public | 'Back to the landers', USA 1998 |
| Sample | Non-probability purposive sample |
| Non-Response | 41,8 |
| Respondents N = | 565 |
| Correlate | |
| Author's label | Technological Self-Reliance Index |
| Page in Source | 358 |
| Our classification | Self reliance |
| Operationalization | Respondents were presented with 25 soft-technologies and asked whether they possessed or used the technologies, for example: - garden - goats - greenhouse - composting toilets - photo voltaic they were asked to which degree the technologies provided their family with self-reliance or independence (on a four-point-scale from 1 "not at all effective" to 4 "very effective" TSR is calculated by multiplying each technology possessed by the efficiency rating claimed for the particular technology theoretical range from 0 - 100 |
| Observed distribution | Range 0 - 72, Mean 20, Average item possession 6,8, Median item possession 6,0, Mean effectiveness rating 2,9 |
| Observed Relation with Happiness | ||
| Happiness Measure | Statistics | Elaboration/Remarks |
| O-H?-c-sq-v-5-b | r=+.22 p < .005 | |
| O-H?-c-sq-v-5-b | Beta=+.11 ns | Beta controlled for - homestead food production |
| Code | Full Text |
| O-H?-c-sq-v-5-b | Selfreport on single question: Lead item not reported. 5 very happy 4 happy 3 neutral 2. unhappy 1 very unhappy |
| Symbol | Explanation |
| Beta | STANDARDIZED REGRESSION COEFFICIENT by LEAST SQUARES (OLS) Type: test statistic. Measurement level: Correlates: all metric, Happiness: metric. Range: [-1 ; +1] Meaning: beta > 0 « a higher correlate level corresponds to a higher happiness rating on average. beta < 0 « a higher correlate level corresponds to a higher happiness rating on average. beta = 0 « no correlation. beta = + 1 or -1 « perfect correlation. |
| r | PRODUCT-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. |