Study Okulicz-Kozaryn (2011): study ZZ 1999

Public

18+ aged, general public, 70 nations, 1999-2008

Survey name

INT-WorldValuesSurv 1-5

Sample

Respondents

N = 21486

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label

religious polarization

Our Classification

Remarks

polarization=1-sum((0.5-s_ij^2)/0.5)*s_ij where s_ij is the share of the group I (i=1…N)

Distribution

range: 0-1
m: .47
sd: .36

Operationalization

Polarisation measures the degree to which individuals in a country are divided into two religious groups – the higher the value is the more equally individuals are divided.
Polarization reaches maximum (one) when two equally sized religious groups face each other.

Observed Relation with Happiness