Publication |
Author(s) | Veenhoven, R. |
Title | Happiness in Nations. |
Source | Studies in Socio-Cultural Transformation, nr. 2, RISBO, 1993, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands |
URL | http://worlddatabaseofhappiness.eur.nl/hap_nat/nat_fp.htm |
Investigation |
Public | Adults, general public, 31 nations, circa 1980 |
| India, South Africa, Mexico, Philippines, Korea, Portugal, Iceland, Northern reland, Luxembourg, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Great Britain, Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, Australia, France, Canada, Belgium, USA, Switzerland, Italy, Germany (West), Japan, Austria, Italy. |
| circa 1980 |
Survey name | Not available |
Sample | Probability sample (unspecified) |
| Non-probability sample of nations, probability samples within nations |
Respondents N = | 40000 |
| Total sample size is about 40.000, sample sizes within nations vary between 1000 and 2000 |
Non Response | Not available |
Assesment | Interview: face-to-face |
General remarks | Also published in R. Veenhoven: "Die Lebenszufriedenheit der Burger. Ein Indikator für die 'Lebbarkeit' von Gesellschaften? (Lifesatisfaction as an Indicator of Livability of Nations?)" in Nol, H.H.;Ed.: "Sozialberichterstattung in Deutschland", Juventa, 1997, Germany, 267 - 293 |
Happiness measure(s) used |