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Correlational findings

Study Stokols et al. (1983): study US 1980

Public
University employees, California, USA, 1980
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Respondents
N = 242
Non Response
24%
Assessment
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)

Correlate

Authors's Label
Residential congruence
Our Classification
Operationalization
Index of 19 questions on satisfaction with current housing:
a:  5 items on features of the dwelling
b: 14 items on neighborhood characteristics

Rated:
-2 very dissatisfied
;
+2 very satisfied

Respondents also rated the importance of each item on a 5-point scale ranging from 'unimportant'  to ' very important' (1 to 5). For each item a satisfaction by importance product was computed.

The sum of these products provided an overall measure for residential congruence.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks A-AOL-c-sq-v-5-c DM = + p < .001 F(1,235)=12.44