Study Radcliff (2001): study ZZ Developed nations 1990
- Public:
- 18+ aged, general public, 15 rich nations, 1990
- Survey name:
- WorldValuesSurvey 2
- Sample:
- Respondents:
- N = 22500
- Non Response:
- n.a.
- Assessment:
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's label
- Welfare regime
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Presence of elements in welfare system in nation that can be characterized as:
a Socialist 0-8
b Liberal 0-12
c Conservative 0-8
Observed Relation with Happiness
B' s controlled for country characteristics:
-GDP
-Unemployment
B's controled for:
- country characteristics
- GDP
- unemployment
- average individualism
- individual characteristics
- marital status
- gender
- education
- age
- having children
- appraisal of quality of home life
- perceived income class
- unemployment of chief wage earner
- church attendance
Similar in high and low income groups
B=+.01 denotes 0,01 more points happiness (on scale 1-10) per point more conservatism (on scale 0-8)