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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
Corruption in the country where one lives
Our Classification
Remarks
High scores correspondence with high corruption
Distribution
Range 1.3-9.7, M= 5.14, SD= 2.43
Operationalization
Corruption is data from the Corruption Perception Index published by Transparency International

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a b = -.16 p < .000 Individual happiness by average corruption in country

B controlled for:
- GDP growth
- inflation
- population of country
- infant mortality
- life expectation
- natality rate
- quality of government
- suicide rate
- number of legal abortions
- share of GDP that a country spends on health
- dominant religious faiths in a given country
- latitude