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Correlational findings

Study Ball & Chernova (2008): study ZZ 1995 /1

Public
18+ aged, general public, 18 nations, 1995-1997
Sample
Respondents
N = 20771
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Economic growth
Our Classification
Operationalization
percentage growth per capita over the 5 preceding years

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a Beta = +.33 p < .001 Beta controlled for:
-Interaction between relative and absolute income
-Individual variables
  -Income
  -Marital status
  -Gender
  -Employment status
  -Age
  -Children
  -Health
  -Religion
-Country variables
  -log of GDP pc
  -Hapiness in  the country (dummies for below/above average)