Contents Introductory text to Collection Distributional Findings on Happiness in Nations

Chapter 1	Quest for the good society	abstract full text
Chapter 2	Criteria for the evaluation of human societies	abstract full text
Chapter 3	Indicators of livability of societies	abstract full text
Chapter 4	Measurement of happiness	abstract full text
Chapter 5	Validity of happiness as an indicator of livability	abstract full text
Chapter 6	Available data about happiness in nations	abstract full text
Chapter 7	How the data are homogeinized	abstract full text
Chapter 8	Uses of this data-collection	abstract full text

These texts were first published in: Ruut Veenhoven, ‘Happiness in nations: subjective appreciation of life in 56 nations 1946-1992‘, RISBO, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 1993, ISBN 90-72597-46-X, 365 pages. Some of the texts have been revised, in particular chapter 4.