Correlational findings | World Database of Happiness

Study Veenhoven & Kalmijn (2005): study ZZ 1990

Public: Adults, general public, 90 nations, 1990s
Sample
Respondents: N = 90000
Non Response
Assessment: Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label

Rule of law

Our Classification

Remarks

Source: Kaufman, D. et al., 2003 World Bank Policy Reserach Working Paper 3106

Operationalization

Aggregated survey of data on extent to which respondents have confidence in, and abide by, the rules of society; perceptions of the incidences of viollent and non-violent crime, the effectiveness and predictabikity of the judiciary and the enforceability of contracts.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure

Statistics

Elaboration / Remarks

O-SLW-*-sq-t-11-a

r = +.53

LEVEL OF HAPPINESS by Rule of law in 75 nations
Level of happiness measured using average score in the country

O-SLW-*-sq-t-11-a

r = -.57

INEQUALITY OF HAPPINESS by Rule of law in 75 nations
Inequality of happiness measured using the standard-deviation of happiness

O-SLW-*-sq-t-11-a

r = +.56

INEQUALITY-ADJUSTED HAPPINESS by Rule of law in 75 nations
Inequality-adjusted happiness measured using index of mean and standard deviation as proposed by Kalmijn & Veenhoven 2005

O-SLW-*-sq-t-11-a

rpc = +.01

rpc controlled for purchasing power per head