Study Bjornskov (2014): study ZZ EU 27 1975

Public

15+ aged, 29 EU nations, 2007-2010

Survey name

EU-Eurobarometer combined waves

Sample

Respondents

N = 150000

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label

Postcommunist

Our Classification

Remarks

Up to 1989 most countries in Eastern European including Russia had centrally controlled political and economic policies. Since then most countries have a market economy. Notable exceptions are Cuba and North Korea (2015).

Operationalization

Country is postcommunist:
yes =1
no   = 0

Observed Relation with Happiness