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

Summed effects on levels of happiness

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

Operationalization

a- T2-AVERAGE happiness in first survey between 1981 and 2007;
and
b- GDP per capita
c- level of democracy
d- average religiosity
e- average national pride
f- average tolerance of outgroups
g- average sense of free choice

at T2, when levels of happiness were assessed in last survey between 1981 and 2007.

Observed Relation with Happiness