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Correlational findings

Study Veenhoven (1996c): study ZZ 1990

Public
Adults, general public, 48 nations, around 1990
Sample
Respondents
N = 75000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
% religious
Our Classification
Remarks
Data: World Value Survey 2, item 151, 1990-92, Ann Arbor, Michagan, USA
Operationalization
Average response to survey question:
Whethere you go to church or not, are you:
a: a religious person
b: not a religious person
c: a convinced atheïst
% score of a

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks Y-LH-l-sq-nt-100-a r = +.11 Happy Life Years by % religious in 41 nations Y-LH-l-sq-nt-100-a rpc = +.12 rpc controlled for buying power per capita