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Correlational findings

Study Veenhoven (1994c): study ZZ 1980

Public
Adults, general public, 30 nations, 1980
Sample
Respondents
N = 30
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
mostly

Correlate

Authors's Label
Social security
Our Classification
Remarks
Data: drawn from IMF: 1987, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook, vol. XI (Washington)
Operationalization
Proportion of government expenditures (minus defence) in the gross national product.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HV-*-sq-nt-11-b r = +.53 p < .01 N (countries) = 26 O-HV-*-sq-nt-11-b rpc = +.24 p < .01 rpc controlled for real income per capita