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Correlational findings

Study Antonucci et al. (1998): study US 1980

Public
50-95 aged, married, with children, USA,1980
Survey name
Social Networks in Adult Life
Sample
Respondents
N = 366
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Want more dependable network
Our Classification
Operationalization
Respondents were asked:
about changing your network, would you want it to have more people you cuold depend on?
0: no
1: yes.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa r = -.16 p < .05 men O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa r = -.17 p < .05 women O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa Beta = -.14 p < .05 men O-HL-c-sq-v-3-aa Beta = -.11 ns women

Beta's controled for:
- personal characteristics:
  - age
  - education
  - health compared to others
- network sturcture:
  - size of inner cicrle
  - size of middle circle
  - size of outer circle
- negative social support:
  - network doen'st understand
  - network gets on nerve
  - network too demanding.