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Correlational findings

Study Veenhoven (1994c): study ZZ Western nations 1940

Public
Various panels, followed 1 to 40 years, 1940-1990
Sample
Respondents
N = 1000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
mostly

Correlate

Authors's Label
timespan in years
Our Classification
Remarks
Meta-analysis of findings drawn from this database. Detail about studies on appendix 1 of the paper
Operationalization
Various measures of happiness, assessed repeatedly over time

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks M-ACO-*-*-*-*-a r = +.35 Average over-time-correlation: +.35
Range of over-time-correlations: -.10 to +.70
Over-time-correlations decrease over time