Study Radcliff (2001): study ZZ Developed nations 1990
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, 15 rich nations, 1990
- Survey name
- INT-WorldValuesSurvey 2
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 22500
- Non Response
- n.a.
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Decommodification
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Data: Scores by Esping-Anderson (1990, table 2.2)
- Operationalization
- The degree to which individuals or families can uphold a socially accepted standard of living, independently of market participation on a score from 13.8 to 39.1
Observed Relation with Happiness
B controlled for country characteristics:
- GDP
- unemployment rate
- individualism
B 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
Less statistically significant in high and low income groups
B=+.02 denotes 0,02 more points happiness (on scale 1-10) per point more decommodification (on scale 13,8 to 39,1)