Study Benesch et al. (2007): study ZZ World samples 1995 /1
- Public
- 15+ aged, general public, 45 nations, 1995-2003
- Survey name
- EU-Combined surveys: ESS+WVS
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 72012
- Non Response
- 3.3%
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
Phone interview for remote areas
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Real GNI
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Data are from World Development Indicators(several years) and Penn World Table 6.1(Heston,et al.2002)
- Operationalization
- A: Real GNI
B: Real GNI squared
Observed Relation with Happiness
B (0.197) controlled for:
- TV viewing
- residual TV viewing time
- interaction with number of TV channels in the country
- individual characteristics
- income
- age, age,squared
- gender
- residence
- employment
- education
- national characteristics
- number of channels
- average TV viewing time in country (in minutes)
- survey
B (-0.03e-4) controlled for:
There are two control variables: Real GNI and Real GNI squared for the year 1997.
Data are from World Development Indicators(several years) and Penn World Table 6.1(Heston,et al.2002)