Study Bjornskov (2008a): study US 1993
- Public:
- 18+aged, general public, 9 regions, USA, 1983-1998
- Sample:
- Respondents:
- N = 60200
- Non Response:
- Assessment:
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's label
- Social trust
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Response to statement:
"Most people are honest".
1 generally agree
2
3
4
5
6 definitively agree
Observed Relation with Happiness
-regional fixed effects, such that only changes in the variables are captured while longer-run effects and the potential influence of stable stocks of social capital are not considered.
-formal sociability
-informal sociability
-log Gross State Product (GSP) per capita
-GSP relative to USA-GDP