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

Public

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

Survey name

INT-WorldValuesSurvey 3

Sample

Respondents

N = 120000

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label

rightwing (vs left)

Our Classification

Remarks

World Values Survey 1997-2001.V248.

Distribution

0: 50%-   1: 50%

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