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
- Health
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Self-report on single question:
"All in all, how would you describe your state of health these days? Would you say it is very good, good, fair, poor, or very poor?" (healthier coded higher)
Observed Relation with Happiness
B controlled for:
-National characteristics
-Size of the state
-GDP
-Unemployment rate
-Individualism
-Individual characteristics
-Income
-Education
-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.