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Correlational findings

Study Inglehart et al. (2008): study ZZ 1981

Public
18+ aged, general public, 52 nations, 1981-2007
Sample
Respondents
N = 72000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
(Change in) Strength of religiosity
Our Classification
Remarks
Data: World Values Surveys. 52 nations involved in at least two waves between 1981 and 2007, AT LEAST 10 YEARS APART. Cases weighted for number of years between first and last survey; so countries for which the full 26-year time series was available have 2,6 times the weight of countries with a 10-year series. T1 = first survey T2 = last survey
Distribution
Not reported.
Operationalization
Selfreport on single question: How important is God in your life?
1  not important at all
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 very important.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-u-sq-v-4-b b = +.03 p < .05 T1-T2 CHANGE in happiness by T1 AVERAGE religiosity in 41 nations. O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a b = +.14 p < .01 O-Sum-*-mq-nvt-21-c b = +.20 p < .01 Change in happiness measured controling T2 by T1
B's further controlled for:
-T1 GDP per capita
-T1 democracy
-T1 tolerance of outgroups

Outcome for O-Sum less significant (05 instead of 01) if additionally controlled for T1-level of national pride and T1-sense of free choice. O-HL-u-sq-v-4-b b = +.01 ns T2-T1-CHANGE in average happiness by T1-T2 CHANGE in  religiosity in 42 nations O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a b = +.05 ns O-Sum-*-mq-nvt-21-c b = +.10 ns Change in happiness and religiosity measured controling T2 by T1
B's further controlled for T1-T2 CHANGES:
- GDP per capita
- democracy
- national pride
- tolerance of outgroups
- sense of free choice