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Correlational findings

Study Samanni & Holmberg (2010): study ZZ 1999

Public
18+ aged, general public, in 90 nations, 1999-2008
Sample
Respondents
N = 100000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Level of Democracy
Our Classification
Remarks
Source: Freedom House/Marshall&Jaggers (2000-2005), combinmed with Polity IV-project-results.
Distribution
Not reported.
Related specification variables
Operationalization
Sum of civil liberties and political rights, combined with Polity IV-project results (Procedure not reported; scale reversed?)

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a = AVERAGE happiness by level of democracy in nations O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a b = .02 ns All nations (N=90) O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a b = +.40 ns OECD-nations (N=30) O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a b = +.02 ns Non-OECD-nations (N=60)

B controlled for
-Government Effectiveness
-GDP per capita
-Healthy Life Expectancy
-Post-Materialism
-Importance of God