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Erin Coen

Methods II

Cross tabulations Exercise

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GENERAL HAPPINESS * RESPONDENTS SEX

Crosstab

RESPONDENTS SEX

TotalMALE FEMALE

GENERAL HAPPINESS VERY HAPPY Count 271 328 599

% within RESPONDENTS

SEX

29.3% 30.1% 29.7%

PRETTY HAPPY Count 513 587 1100% within RESPONDENTS

SEX

55.4% 53.9% 54.6%

NOT TOO HAPPY Count 142 174 316

% within RESPONDENTS

SEX

15.3% 16.0% 15.7%

Total Count 926 1089 2015

% within RESPONDENTS

SEX

100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

P = .794 therefore, this relationship is statistically insignificant.

The percentage of females who consider themselves to be very happy (30.1%) is only slightly higher than the percentage of men who

consider the same (29.3%)

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GENERAL HAPPINESS * How Often R Attends Church (lumped) Cross tabulation

How Often R Attends Church (lumped)

TotalNever Yearly Monthly Weekly

GENERAL HAPPINESS VERY HAPPY Count 91 177 132 196 596

% within How Often R

Attends Church (lumped)

21.6% 27.0% 32.8% 37.2% 29.7%

PRETTY HAPPY Count 258 351 224 265 1098

% within How Often R

Attends Church (lumped)

61.1% 53.5% 55.7% 50.3% 54.7%

NOT TOO HAPPY Count 73 128 46 66 313

% within How Often R

Attends Church (lumped)

17.3% 19.5% 11.4% 12.5% 15.6%

Total Count 422 656 402 527 2007

% within How Often R

Attends Church (lumped)

100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

P = .000 therefore this relationship is statistically significant.

Individuals who never attend church are more likely to report themselvesPretty Happy

(61.1%), compared to

Very Happy

(21.6%) or Not Too Happy (17.3%). I found this comparison very interesting.

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GENERAL HAPPINESS * RS HIGHEST DEGREE

Crosstab

RS HIGHEST DEGREE

TotalLT HIGH SCHOOL

HIGH

SCHOOL

JUNIOR

COLLEGE BACHELOR GRADUATE

GENERAL HAPPINESS VERY HAPPY Count 72 281 56 113 77 599

% within RS

HIGHEST

DEGREE

24.3% 28.1% 32.4% 31.9% 40.1% 29.7%

PRETTY HAPPY Count 137 564 90 211 97 1099

% within RS

HIGHEST

DEGREE

46.3% 56.5% 52.0% 59.6% 50.5% 54.6%

NOT TOO HAPPY Count 87 154 27 30 18 316

% within RS

HIGHEST

DEGREE

29.4% 15.4% 15.6% 8.5% 9.4% 15.7%

Total Count 296 999 173 354 192 2014

% within RS

HIGHEST

DEGREE

100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

P = .000 therefore this relationship is significantly significant.

A larger percentage of individuals who have less than a high school education are more likely to report themselves as Not Too

Happy (29.4%), compared to 9.4% of individuals with Graduate degrees. Likewise, individuals with a Graduate degree of the most

likely out of any other group to report themselves as Very Happy (40.1%).