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Correlational findings

Study Veenhoven (2005d): study ZZ EU 14 1970

Public
15+ aged, general public, EU 14 member states, 1973-2001
Sample
Respondents
N = 374000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Income-inequality
Our Classification
Remarks
Data: World Culture Report 1998 table 28
Operationalization
Income-inequality in nations in the 1990s as measured by the Gini-coëfficient of the total income distribution.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-b r = +.30 NEQUALITY in happiness by income-inequality in 61 nations

Inequality in happiness in nations measured using the standard deviation (average over the 1990s