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Correlational findings

Study Heukamp & Arino (2011): study ZZ World samples 1981

Public
18+ aged general public, 64 countries, 1981-2004
Sample
Respondents
N = 114281
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Natality rate in the country where one lives
Our Classification
Distribution
Range 10-45, M= 18.52, SD= 7.36
Operationalization
Number of life births per year per 1000 people

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a b = +.06 p < .000 Individual happiness by birth natality rate in nation

B controlled for:
- GDP growth
- inflation
- population of country
- infant mortality
- life expectation
- natality rate
- quality of government
- corruption
- suicide rate
- number of legal abortions
- share of GDP that a country spends on health
- dominant religious faiths in a given country
O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a b = +.03 ns B additionally controlled for latitude