Correlational finding on Happiness and subject: Hours work

StudyHalman et al. (1987): study DE West Germany 1981
TitleTraditie, Secularisatie en Individualisering. (Tradition, Secularization and Individualisation- a Study into the Values of the Dutch within a European Context
SourceTilburg University Press, 1987, Tilburg, Netherlands
Public18+ aged, general public, West Germany, 1981
SampleProbability multistage stratified area sample
Non-Response
Respondents N =1305
Correlate
Author's labelWork
Page in Source 205
Our classificationHours work
Operationalization
Direct question: "Do you work? If so, how many hours a 
week? Are you..."
(Order reversed).
1 Full time
2 Part time
3 Independent
4 Retired
5 Housewife
6 Student
Observed Relation with Happiness
Happiness
Measure		StatisticsElaboration/Remarks
O-HL-u-sq-v-4-ar=+.01 ns
O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-aar=-.04 ns

Appendix 1: Happiness measures used



CodeFull Text



O-HL-u-sq-v-4-aSelfreport on single question:

Taking all things together, would you say you are.....?
4  very happy 
3  quite happy 
2  not very happy 
1  not at all happy.
O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-aaSelfreport on single question:

All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as-a-whole now.....?
1   dissatisfied
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10  satisfied

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