Study Frey & Stutzer (2000b): study CH 1992

Public

Adults, general public, Switzerland, 1992

Sample

Respondents

N = 6000

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label

Direct democratic rights

Our Classification

Operationalization

Index, capturing the varying extend of direct participation possibilities.
The index measures the different barriers for entering the political process, apart from elections in the year 1992.
The barriers measured are the following:
a.  the necessary signatures to launch an instrumentt (absolute and relative to the number of citizens with the right to vote);
b.  the legally allowed time span to collect the signatures; and
c.  The level of new expenditure per head allowing a financial referendum.

Each of these restrictions is evaluated on a six-point scale. From the resulting ratings, a non-weighted average is calculated.

Observed Relation with Happiness