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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 6.

Correlations between Life Satisfaction, Demographics, Personality, Domain Satisfaction, Eudemonic Well-being, and Affects in Germany.

Germany (N = 1,312)
Single-Item SWLS
95% CI 95% CI Difference


r Lower Upper r Lower Upper SWLS - SI |SWLS-SI|
Demographics
  Overall Health 0.42* 0.37 0.46 0.36* 0.31 0.41 −0.055 0.055
  Income 0.22* 0.15 0.28 0.28* 0.22 0.34 0.064 0.064
Personality
  Neuroticism −0.29* −0.34 −0.24 −0.30* −0.35 −0.25 −0.009 0.009
  Extraversion 0.24* 0.18 0.29 0.15* 0.10 0.20 −0.085 0.085
  Openness 0.23* 0.18 0.28 0.23* 0.18 0.28 −0.005 0.005
  Agreeableness 0.14* 0.09 0.20 0.10* 0.04 0.15 −0.049 0.049
  Conscientiousness 0.17* 0.12 0.23 0.18* 0.13 0.23 0.004 0.004
Domain Satisfaction
  Health 0.45* 0.40 0.49 0.40* 0.36 0.45 −0.045 0.045
  Work 0.41* 0.35 0.47 0.50* 0.44 0.55 0.087 0.087
  Income 0.50* 0.45 0.54 0.66* 0.62 0.69 0.160 0.160
  Leisure 0.33* 0.28 0.37 0.36* 0.31 0.40 0.029 0.029
Eudemonic Well-being
  Psychological Flourishing 0.46* 0.42 0.50 0.51* 0.47 0.55 0.052 0.052
Affects
  General Mood 0.46* 0.42 0.50 0.42* 0.37 0.46 −0.043 0.043
  Angry −0.32* −0.37 −0.27 −0.32* −0.37 −0.27 0.005 0.005
  Worried −0.29* −0.34 −0.24 −0.25* −0.30 −0.20 −0.047 0.047
  Happy 0.46* 0.42 0.50 0.42* 0.37 0.46 −0.045 0.045
  Sad −0.31* −0.36 −0.26 −0.31* −0.36 −0.26 0 0
  Ashamed −0.13* −0.18 −0.07 −0.17* −0.22 −0.12 −0.042 0.042
  Jealousy −0.17* −0.23 −0.12 −0.16* −0.21 −0.11 −0.008 0.008
  Something Wrong −0.22* −0.27 −0.16 −0.22* −0.27 −0.17 −0.005 0.005
Average Difference 0.002 0.042

Note. * = p<.05. Sample sizes ranged from 730–1312. SI = single-item life satisfaction measure.