Table 4.

Multiple linear regression for associations between happiness and social support and demographic variables among participants

Variable	Happiness
	B	Standard error	Beta (standardized coefficients)	P-value	t-value
1. Emotional support	0.669	0.217	0.215	0.002	3.08
2. Information support	0.774	0.297	0.197	0.009	2.61
3. Instrumental support	0.233	0.392	0.039	0.552	0.596
4. Appraisal support	0.212	0.409	0.033	0.605	0.518
5. Age	-0.297	0.153	-0.089	0.053	-1.93
6. Gender (reference category: male)	-0.034	1.91	-0.001	0.986	-0.018
7. Marital status (reference category: single)	0.542	2.55	0.011	0.832	0.212
8. Literacy level (reference category: below diploma)	8.80	2.60	0.157	0.001	3.38
9. Occupation (reference category: other)	-1.08	2.73	-0.018	0.692	-0.396
10. Family dimension (reference category: ≤3)	1.80	1.39	0.058	0.195	1.29
11. Income	8.93	0	0.049	0.279	1.08

Variable no. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 10 are considered quantitatively. R²=0.255.