Correlational findings | World Database of Happiness

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

Male

Our Classification

Remarks

Order changed by WDH team

Operationalization

1: male
0: female

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure

Statistics

Elaboration / Remarks

O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a

b = -.06 p < .05

INDIVIDUAL happiness by individual gender

B controlled for:
-National characteristics
  -Size of the state
  -GDP
  -Unemployment rate
  -Individualism
-Individual characteristics
  -Income
  -Education
  -Health
  -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.