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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 4.

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

Washington (N = 13,064)
Single-Item SWLS
95% CI 95% CI Difference


r Lower Upper r Lower Upper SWLS - SI |SWLS-SI|
Demographics
  Income 0.27* 0.25 0.28 0.29* 0.27 0.31 0.026 0.026
  Education 0.12* 0.10 0.13 0.08* 0.06 0.09 −0.041 0.041
Health
  Overall Health 0.33* 0.31 0.35 0.34* 0.32 0.35 0.005 0.005
  Mental Health 0.36* 0.33 0.38 0.36* 0.33 0.38 0 0
  Physical Health 0.22* 0.20 0.25 0.21* 0.18 0.23 −0.016 0.016
Domain Satisfaction
  Education 0.29* 0.27 0.30 0.31* 0.30 0.33 0.026 0.026
  Energy 0.40* 0.38 0.41 0.44* 0.43 0.45 0.040 0.040
  Work 0.33* 0.30 0.35 0.33* 0.30 0.35 0 0
  Neighborhood 0.25* 0.23 0.26 0.25* 0.24 0.27 0.007 0.007
Affect
  Happy 0.67* 0.66 0.68 0.67* 0.66 0.68 0.002 0.002
Average Difference 0.005 0.016

Note. * = p<.05. Sample sizes ranged from 4,116–13,064. SI = single-item life satisfaction measure.