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
- Freedom
- Our Classification
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- Distribution
- Range 1-10, M= 6.63 SD= 2.45
- Operationalization
- The degree of freedom of choice and control an individual has over his life, on a 1-10 scale (1= not at all, 10= a great deal)
Observed Relation with Happiness
- member of voluntary organization
- active in voluntary organization
- income
- self rated health
- 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 freedom goes with 0.30 point greater happiness on scale 1-10 (3.12 on scale 10-100)