1.

Descriptive Analysis
a. demographic statistics: gender, marital status, education, age, family size, number of
children

Austria sample:

Around 40% is male, and around 60% of the sample is female.

Table 1: Gender
Gender Frequency Cumulative %
Male 54 40.30%
Female 80 100.00%

Table 2: Marital Status

Marital Status Frequency Cumulative %
Married 73 54.48%
Living together as married 15 65.67%
Divorced 18 79.10%
Separated 2 80.60%
Widowed 4 83.58%
Single 22 100.00%

Table 3: Education
Education Frequency Cumulative %
Early childhood education 0 0
primary education 0 0
Lower secondary education 7 5.22%
Upper secondary education 35 31.34%
short-cycle tertiary education 0 0.00%
Post-secondary non-tertiary education 32 55.22%
Bachelor or equivalent 32 79.10%
Master or equivalent 22 95.52%
Doctoral or equivalent 6 100.00%
Table 4: descriptive statistics on Age
Age

Mean 54.7164179
Standard Error 1.4604582
Median 57.5
Mode 62
Standard Deviation 16.9060259
Sample Variance 285.813713
Kurtosis -0.563476
Skewness -0.2779154
Range 75
Minimum 18
Maximum 93
Sum 7332
Count 134

Table 5: Family Size

Family Size

Mean 2.49253731
Standard Error 0.11396993
Median 2
Mode 2
Standard Deviation 1.31929731
Sample Variance 1.74054539
Kurtosis 2.00428149
Skewness 1.18309362
Range 7
Minimum 1
Maximum 8
Sum 334
Count 134
Table 6: number of Children
Number of Children

Mean 1.67910448
Standard Error 0.12059812
Median 2
Mode 2
Standard Deviation 1.39602414
Sample Variance 1.9488834
Kurtosis 0.38882175
Skewness 0.62549359
Range 6
Minimum 0
Maximum 6
Sum 225
Count 134

Greece Sample:

Table 1: Gender
Gender Frequency Cumulative %
Male 67 45.27%
Female 81 100.00%
Table 2: Age
Age

Mean 49.8243243
Standard Error 1.45899762
Median 47
Mode 39
Standard
Deviation 17.749472
Sample Variance 315.043758
Kurtosis -0.6987862
Skewness 0.40270818
Range 72
Minimum 20
Maximum 92
Sum 7374
Count 148

2. Correlation Analysis
a. state of health and feeling of happiness

Table 2.1: correlation between health state and happiness

happiness health state
happiness 1
health state 0.36724281 1
b. feeling of happiness and satisfaction with life
c. happiness and satisfaction with financial situation
d. feeling of happiness and number of children

Table 2.2: Correlation analysis

satisfaction satisfaction with number of
happiness
with life financial situation children
happiness 1
satisfaction with life -0.5406284 1
satisfaction with
-0.2413706 0.47854768 1
financial situation
number of children -0.2237064 0.14707808 0.00264688 1
 3. Regression Analysis
a. Simple linear regression
a). state of health (IV) positively influences feeling of happiness (DV)?

The R-square is 13.49%, suggesting that the health

Table 3.1 regression analysis on health state and happiness

Regression Statistics
Multiple R 0.3672
R Square 0.1349
Adjusted R
0.1283
Square
Standard Error 0.4709
Observations 134

ANOVA
Significance
df SS MS F
F
Regression 1 4.5623 4.5623 20.5777 0.0000
Residual 132 29.2660 0.2217
Total 133 33.8284

Standard Upper Lower Upper

Coefficients t Stat P-value Lower 95%
Error 95% 95.0% 95.0%
Intercept 1.2990 0.1112 11.6786 0.0000 1.0790 1.5191 1.0790 1.5191
State of health 0.2272 0.0501 4.5363 0.0000 0.1281 0.3263 0.1281 0.3263

p<0.01, p<0.05, p<0.1

 b). age (IV) positively influences satisfaction with life (DV)?

Table 3.2 regression results on age and satisfaction with life

Regression Statistics
Multiple R 0.2409
R Square 0.0580
Adjusted R
0.0509
Square
Standard
1.4760
Error
Observations 134

ANOVA
Significance
df SS MS F
F
Regression 1 17.7098 17.7098 8.1290 0.0051
Residual 132 287.5737 2.1786
Total 133 305.2836

Standard P- Upper Lower Upper

Coefficients t Stat Lower 95%
Error value 95% 95.0% 95.0%
Intercept 6.5951 0.4334 15.2169 0.0000 5.7378 7.4524 5.7378 7.4524
Age 0.0216 0.0076 2.8511 0.0051 0.0066 0.0366 0.0066 0.0366
 c). compared with male respondents, female respondents have a higher level of
satisfaction with life (DV)?

Table 3.3 regression analysis on gender and satisfaction with life

Regression Statistics
Multiple R 0.0110
R Square 0.0001
Adjusted R
-0.0075
Square
Standard
1.5207
Error
Observations 134

ANOVA
Significance
df SS MS F
F
Regression 1 0.0368 0.0368 0.0159 0.8998
Residual 132 305.2468 2.3125
Total 133 305.2836

Standard Upper Lower Upper

Coefficients t Stat P-value Lower 95%
Error 95% 95.0% 95.0%
Intercept 7.8301 0.4474 17.4999 0.0000 6.9450 8.7152 6.9450 8.7152
Gender (ref.
-0.0338 0.2678 -0.1262 0.8998 -0.5636 0.4960 -0.5636 0.4960
male)
 d). satisfaction with financial situation positively influences satisfaction with life?
Table 3.4 regression analysis on satisfaction with financial situation and satisfaction with
life
Regression Statistics
Multiple R 0.4785
R Square 0.2290
Adjusted R
0.2232
Square
Standard
1.3353
Error
Observations 134

ANOVA
Significance
df SS MS F
F
Regression 1 69.9123 69.9123 39.2080 0.0000
Residual 132 235.3712 1.7831
Total 133 305.2836

Standard Upper Lower Upper

Coefficients t Stat P-value Lower 95%
Error 95% 95.0% 95.0%
Intercept 5.3673 0.4016 13.3638 0.0000 4.5728 6.1617 4.5728 6.1617
Q50 0.3362 0.0537 6.2616 0.0000 0.2300 0.4425 0.2300 0.4425
 e). number of children positively influences satisfaction with life?
Table 3.5 regression analysis on number of children and satisfaction with life
Regression Statistics
Multiple R 0.1471
R Square 0.0216
Adjusted R
0.0142
Square
Standard
1.5042
Error
Observations 134

ANOVA
Significance
df SS MS F
F
Regression 1 6.60388 6.60388 2.91855 0.08992
Residual 132 298.67970 2.26272
Total 133 305.28358

Standard Upper Lower Upper

Coefficients t Stat P-value Lower 95%
Error 95% 95.0% 95.0%
Intercept 7.5081 0.2037 36.8567 0.0000 7.1051 7.9111 7.1051 7.9111
Q274 0.1596 0.0934 1.7084 0.0899 -0.0252 0.3444 -0.0252 0.3444
Multiple linear regression
Satisfaction with life (DV), Age and Number of children (IV)

Satisfaction with life (DV), Gender and Number of children (IV)