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Correlational findings

Study Palisi & Canning (1986): study US 1974

Public
18+ aged, general public, USA, 1974-1982
Sample
Respondents
N = 7542
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview

Correlate

Authors's Label
Social relationshipswith kin
Our Classification
Operationalization
Single closed question on spending a social evening with relatives, rated on a 7-point scale, ranging from "almost every day" to "never" (order reversed).

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa r = +.04 p < .01 O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa rpc = +.06 p < .01 rpc controlled for income, occupation, educational degree, children, age, marital status, race, sex and urbanism