| Study | Linn et al. (1986): study US Wisconsin 1974 |
| Title | Factors Associated with Life Satisfaction among Practising Internists. |
| Source | Medical Care, 1986, Vol. 24, 830 - 837 |
| Public | 18+ aged, general public, NW-Wisconsin, USA, 1974 |
| Sample | |
| Non-Response | 7-24 % |
| Respondents N = | 1423 |
| Correlate | |
| Author's label | Unemployment |
| Page in Source | 95 |
| Our classification | Current employment status |
| Operationalization | Are you on vacation from a job, laid-off temporarily, on sick leave, unemployed and looking for a job, retired, a student, a housewife, or what? |
| Observed Relation with Happiness | ||
| Happiness Measure | Statistics | Elaboration/Remarks |
| O-HL-c-sq-v-7-a | b=- p < .01 | B controlled for: sex, education, income, occupation, age, friends; health and its interaction with age and friends; divorce and its interaction with age and friends. |
| O-SLW-u-sq-v-7-a | b=- p < .01 | B controlled for: sex, education, income, occupation, age, friends; health and its interaction with age and friends; divorce and its interaction with age and friends. |
| O-SLW-u-sq-v-7-a | b=- p < .01 | interaction with age |
| O-HL-c-sq-v-7-a | b=- p < .05 | interaction with age |
| O-HL-c-sq-v-7-a | b=+ ns | Interaction with friends |
| O-SLW-u-sq-v-7-a | b=+ p < .05 | interaction with unemployment |
| Code | Full Text |
| O-HL-c-sq-v-7-a | Selfreport on single question: In general, how happy would you say you are these days.....? 7 extremely happy 6 very happy 5 pretty happy 4 not too happy 3 a bit unhappy 2 pretty unhappy 1 very unhappy |
| O-SLW-u-sq-v-7-a | Selfreport on single question: Considering everything, how satisfied are you with your life as whole.....? 7 completely satisfied 6 satisfied 5 mostly satisfied 4 satisfied/dissatisfied 3 dissatisfied 2 very dissatisfied 1 completely dissatisfied |
| Symbol | Explanation |
| b | REGRESSION COEFFICIENT (non-standardized) by LEAST SQUARES (OLS) Type: test statistic Measurement level: Correlate: metric, Happiness: metric Theoretical range: unlimited Meaning: b > 0 A higher correlate level corresponds with a higher happiness rating on average. B < 0 A higher correlate level corresponds with a lower happiness rating on average. B = 0 Not any correlation with the relevant correlate. |