| Study | Neuberger & Allerbeck (1978): study XZ Germany West 1970 |
| Title | Messung und Analyse von Arbeitszufriedenkeit. (Measurement and Analysis of Satisfaction with Work). |
| Source | Hans Huber Verlag, 1978, Bern, Switzerland |
| Public | Employees, industry or service sector, Austria and West germany, ±1970 |
| Sample | |
| Non-Response | |
| Respondents N = | 5592 |
| Correlate | |
| Author's label | Marital Status |
| Page in Source | 99 |
| Our classification | MARRIAGE: CURRENT MARITAL STATUS |
| Operationalization | Married Never married Widowed Divorced |
| Observed Relation with Happiness | ||
| Happiness Measure | Statistics | Elaboration/Remarks |
| M-AO-c-sq-f-7-a | E²=+.09 p < .01 | Married M=5.02 Mt=6.70 Never married M=4.97 Mt=6.62 Widowed M=4.60 Mt=6.00 Divorced M=4.41 Mt=5.68 |
| Code | Full Text |
| M-AO-c-sq-f-7-a | Selfreport on single question: When you're not only thinking of your job, but of your total present situation (house, prices, health, love, politics, neighbors, etc.), how satisfied are you with your life as-a-whole? Please mark the appropriate face below. Rated on pictorial scale, consisting of seven smilies, expressing variations from very dissatisfied (a) to very satisfied (g) ( Kunin's 'Faces scale') Pictures not reproduced here). 1 unhappy face . . 4 neutral face . . 7 happy face Item in the "Arbeitsbeschreibungsbogen" (job-description questionnaire). |
| Symbol | Explanation |
| E² | CORRELATION RATIO (Elsewhere sometimes called h² or ETA) Type: test statistic Measurement level: Correlate: nominal or ordinal, Happiness: metric Range: [0; 1] Meaning: correlate is accountable for E² x 100 % of the variation in happiness. E² = 0 « knowledge of the correlate value does not improve the prediction quality of the happiness rating. E² = 1 « knowledge of the correlate value enables an exact prediction of the happiness rating |