Study Cantril (1965): study ZZ 1960

Public

20+ aged general public, 14 countries, ±1960

Survey name

INT-Cantril World Survey

Sample

Respondents

N = 18653

Non Response

-

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face
by native interviewer

Correlate

Authors's Label

Socio-economic development

Our Classification

Operationalization

5-item index involving:
-   general welfare: GNP per capita,
    and number of doctors per 10,000
    persons
-   communications: number of vehicles,
    telephones, radios, and newspaper
    circulation, per 1000 persons
-   industrialization: energy consump-
    tion per capita, and percentage of
    the economically active population
    in the non-agricultural sectors
-   urbanization: percentage of the po-
    pulation literate, and primary
    school enrollment ratio.

Observed Relation with Happiness