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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Qual Life Res. 2014 Jun 3;23(10):2809–2818. doi: 10.1007/s11136-014-0726-4

Table 3.

Correlations between Life Satisfaction, Demographics, Health, Domain Satisfaction, and Affect in Oregon.

Oregon (N = 2,277)
Single-Item SWLS
95% CI 95% CI Difference


r Lower Upper r Lower Upper SWLS-SI |SWLS-SI|
Demographics
  Income 0.31* 0.27 0.35 0.30* 0.26 0.34 −0.010 0.010
  Education 0.12* 0.08 0.16 0.11* 0.07 0.15 −0.010 0.010
Health
  Overall Health 0.38* 0.34 0.41 0.38* 0.35 0.42 0.005 0.005
  Mental Health 0.40* 0.34 0.46 0.41* 0.35 0.47 0.010 0.010
  Physical Health 0.28* 0.21 0.34 0.25* 0.18 0.31 −0.031 0.031
Domain Satisfaction
  Education 0.30* 0.26 0.33 0.31* 0.27 0.35 0.014 0.014
  Energy 0.42* 0.39 0.46 0.43* 0.40 0.46 0.009 0.009
  Work 0.35* 0.29 0.41 0.35* 0.29 0.40 −0.002 0.002
  Neighborhood 0.21* 0.17 0.25 0.25* 0.21 0.29 0.042 0.042
Affect
  Happy 0.72* 0.70 0.74 0.70* 0.67 0.72 −0.021 0.021
Average Difference 0.001 0.015

Note. * = p<.05. Sample sizes ranged from 723–2277. SI = single-item life satisfaction measure.