Study Bjornskov et al. (2007): study ZZ 1997

Public:

18+ aged, general public, 74 nations, 1997-2001

Survey name:

WorldValuesSurvey 3

Sample:

Respondents:

N = 120000

Non Response:

Assessment:

Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's label

rightwing (vs left)

Our Classification

Operationalization

Selfreport on single question:
"In political matters, people talk of "the left" and "the right". How would you place your views on this scale, generally speaking?

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10.
Left              Right

Scale reduced to:
0 Leftwing; 1 Rightwing

Observed Relation with Happiness