Study Rehdanz & Maddison (2005): study ZZ 1972

Public

Adults, general public, 67 nations, 1972-2000

Sample

Respondents

N = 100000

Non Response

n.a.

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label

Average temperature of coldest/hottest month

Our Classification

Remarks

Data: Landsberg (1969), Pearce and Smith (1994) and Internet sources For some cities the data were population-weighed to obtain one record per country.

Distribution

M=a:2,51 b:20,45 SD=a:8,58 b:3,78 Range= a:-12- 25,5 b: 11,5-31,3

Operationalization

Average temperature °C in mayor city (or cities) of:
a Coldest month
b Hottest month

Observed Relation with Happiness