Contents

Scope:

• Nations in which the distribution of happiness is assessed by means of general population surveys

Coverage 1-4-2012

• 155 nations around 2010
• change rates

Variables:

• Characteristics of nations
    -   Economy
    -   National character
    -   Demography
    -   Etc......
  
  
• Happiness in nations
    -  Distribution of happiness
        -  Average level of happiness, measured by means
        -  Inequality in happiness, measured by standard deviations
    -   Distribution of happiness derivates
         -  Happy life-years (0-1 happiness x life-expectancy)
         -  Equality adjusten happiness (index of mean and standard deviation)
    -   Change average happiness over periodes of 10, 20, 30 and 40 years
    -   Correlates of happiness (concomittants)
         -  r happiness - age
         -  r happiness - income
        -  etc.......
  The list of variables can be browsed on this site

Data file

• The data are stored in an SPSS-file (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences). This file is free available on request. See user-information.

Cite as:

Veenhoven, R. (201?)
States of Nations: Data file for the cross-national analysis of happiness
World Database of Happiness, Erasmus university Rotterdam
Assessed on (date) at: http://worlddatabaseofhappiness.eur.nl/statnat/statnat_fp.htm

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