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Correlational findings

Study Ventegodt (1997): study DK 1993

Public
31-33 aged, born at the university hospital, Denmark, 1993
Sample
Respondents
N = 4626
Non Response
36%
Assessment
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Data were taken from the medical files of mothers and their babies

Correlate

Authors's Label
Mother's number of pregnancies
Our Classification
Distribution
N:    all:4350,   1:50%,   2:26%,   3:14%,   4:7%,   5:2%,    6:1%,   7:0,2%,   8:0,2%
Operationalization
Mother's pregnancies before birth of subject as reported in medical file
1: 1 pregnancy
2: 2 pregnancies
3: 3 pregnancies
4: 4 pregnancies
5: 5 pregnancies
6: 6 pregnancies
7: 7 pregnancies
8: more than 7 pregnancies

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks A-AOL-m-sq-v-5-a DMt = ± 1: Mt=7.83
2: Mt=7.64
3: Mt=7.56
4: Mt=7.79
5: Mt=7.53
6: Mt=7.50
7: Mt=8.25
8: Mt=7.50
A-AOL-m-sq-v-5-a r = -.03 p < .0255 O-SLu-c-sq-v-5-e DMt = ± 1: Mt=7.48
2: Mt=7.36
3: Mt=7.24
4: Mt=7.36
5: Mt=7.30
6: Mt=7.26
7: Mt=8.00
8: Mt=6.66
O-SLu-c-sq-v-5-e r = -.03 p < .0396 O-HL-c-sq-v-5-ha DMt = ± 1: Mt=7.09
2: Mt=6.91
3: Mt=6.98
4: Mt=6.94
5: Mt=7.00
6: Mt=6.85
7: Mt=8.25
8: Mt=6.39
O-HL-c-sq-v-5-ha r = -.02 p < .1476