Study Flavin et al. (2011): study ZZ Developed nations 2005
- Public
- 15+ aged, general public, 15 Industrialized Democracies, 2005-2009.
- Survey name
- INT-WVS: combined waves
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 10405
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Education
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- self-report on single question:
1 (no formal education)
:
9 (earning a university degree)
Observed Relation with Happiness
B controlled for:
-National characteristics
-Size of the state
-GDP
-Unemployment rate
-Individualism
-Individual characteristics
-Income
-Health
-Female
-Age
-Married
-Unemployed
-Church attendance
-Trust in others
-Religion
Controlled for tax revenue as a measure of the size of the state, same results if controlled for government share of GDP, social wage, or social welfare expenditures.