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Correlational findings

Study Oishi et al. (2012): study ZZ 2007

Public
15+ aged, general public, 54 nations, 2007
Survey name
INT-GallupWorldPoll2007
Sample
Respondents
N = 59634
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Progressive taxation
Our Classification
Remarks
Data: Worldwide-tax.com
Distribution
M=22.20 SD=15.01
Operationalization
Difference between the highest and the lowerst tax rates.
-Personal income tax, and social security tax

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c r = +.33 p < .05 AVERAGE happiness by progressive taxation in 54 nations A-AB-yd-mq-v-2-p r = Average negative affect r= -.29 (05)
Average positive affect r= +.46 (01)
No correlation with affect balance reported