Study Bruni & Stanca (2006): study ZZ 1990
- Public
- Adults, general public, 80 nations, 1990-2004
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 259947
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Income
- Our Classification
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- Distribution
- Range 1-10, M= 4.73 SD= 2.53
- Operationalization
- Measured by self-reported deciles in the national distribution of income, so that income levels expressed in relative terms are comparable across countries and individuals.
Observed Relation with Happiness
- member of voluntary organization
- active in voluntary organization
- income
- self rated health
- perceived freedom
- unemployed
- married
- education
- age
- gender
- religion perceived as important
- trust in people
- honesty (cheating on tax justifiable or not)
- individual country dummies
- time dummies for survey waves
B means 1 point extra income decile goes with 0.12 point greater happiness on scale 1-10 (1.12 on scale 10-100)