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Correlational findings

Study Veenhoven & Ouweneel (1995): study ZZ 1980

Public
Adults, general public, 26 nations, around 1980
Sample
Respondents
N = 35000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
State welfare effort: expenditures
Our Classification
Remarks
Source; ILO, 1988
Operationalization
Social security expenditure in % of GDP (ILO)

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-*-sq-*-11-a r = +.50 Average Happiness by state-welfare (Social security expenditure ) in 19 OECD nations, Brazil, India, Mexcico, Korea, Phillipines, Singapore, South Africa. O-SLW-*-sq-*-11-a rpc = +.13 rpc controlled for income per head O-SLW-*-sq-*-11-a DMa = +.13 Average happiness by social security: both adjusted for income per head