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Correlational findings

Study Wilcke et al. (2007): study NL 2007

Public
Working people, the Netherlands, 2007
Sample
Respondents
N = 3164
Non Response
Assessment
Questionnaire: Conputer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI)

Correlate

Authors's Label
If something does not work, I am inclined to give up
Our Classification
Distribution
Completely agree: 1%; agree: 21%; don't agree 65%; don't agree at all: 13%.
Operationalization
Selfreport on a single question:
" If something does not work, I am inclined to give up"

Rated on a 4-point scale:
4 Completely agree
3 Agree
2 Don't agree
1 Don't agree at all

Reduced to:
1 Agree
0 Don't agree

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks C-BW-c-sq-l-10-b DM = -0.5               Mean
Agree         7,0
Don't agree   7,5
- difference -0,5