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Psychology: Research and Review

Table 1 Correlations between study variables and average variance extracted (AVE)

From: Predictors of happiness among retired from urban and rural areas in Brazil

 

VME

1

2

3

4

5

1. Subjective happiness

0.48

 

0.11

0.01

0.07

0.22

2. Social support

0.87

0.33

 

0.01

0.02

0.03

3. SDA

0.45

−0.03ns

−0.02ns

 

0.03

0.03

4. Assessment of economic situation

a

0.26

0.15

0.16

 

0.10

5. Health assessment

a

0.47

0.17

0.16

0.32

 
  1. Note: The inferior diagonal presents correlations among latent variables, estimated by structural equation models; the superior diagonal presents coefficients of determination (i.e., squared correlations); all correlations above 0.06 were statistically significant (i.e., p < 0.05, if r ≥ ±0.06)
  2. SDA scale of diversity of activities, ns non-significant
  3. aVariable measured by a single item