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Correlational findings

Study Senik (2011): study ZZ Europe 2002 /1

Public
15+ aged general public, 13 EU nations, 2002-2009
Survey name
EU-ESS 1-4: 2002-2010
Sample
Respondents
N = 65371
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Government expenditures/GDP
Our Classification
Remarks
Derived from the World Development Index (WDI) of The World Bank (year unknown)
Operationalization
The sum of gross value added by all resident producers in the economy plus any product taxes and minus any subsidies not included in the value of the products.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-u-sq-n-11-a b = -.01 ns INDIVIDUAL happiness by government expenditures in country of residence.

B controlled for:
- Immigrants status
- Age and age squared
- Gender
- Household income
- Marital status
- Being unemployed
- Region of origin
- Country of residence
- Survey year