Study Bjornskov (2006a): study ZZ 1995
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, 67 nations, 1995-2002
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 70000
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Income inequality
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Source: World Income Inequality Database
- Distribution
- N = 67 M = 37,62 SD = 10,14
- Operationalization
- Income inequality (Gini)
Observed Relation with Happiness
'Poor' is lowest 33%, 'rich highest 33% in self rated income position.
Dependent variable: the DIFFERENCE in AVERAGE life satisfaction between the richest people (33% richest) and poorest people (33% poorest) in 67 nations. Average difference on 1-10-scale: 0,43; SD = 0,34; calculated on the basis of World Values Surveys (Inglehart et al. 2004).
-GDP per capita
-Openness
-Postcommunist
-Government consumption
-Regulatory freedom
The greater income inequality in a nation, the bigger the difference in happiness between poor and rich (but not significantly).
This relation is reversed among rich and democratic nations (and significantly negative)