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
- Number of dry and wet months
- Our Classification
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- 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:1,16 b:1,43 SD=a:2,16 b:2,61 Range= a:0- 12 b: 0-12
- Operationalization
- Number of months when average precipitation is
a Below 30 mm
b Above 100 mm
Observed Relation with Happiness
B (-.0224)
B (-.00544)
B's controlled for:
- economic variables
- GDP per capita
- Annual economic growth
- shortfall in income compared to previous high
- unemployment rate
- cultural variables
- % religious dominations (Bhudist, Christian, Hindu, Muslim)
- % religious orthodox
- personal freedom
- demographic variables
- life expectancy
- population density
- % over 65 aged
- % under 15 aged
- climatic variables
- latitude
- number of cold/hot months