Correlational findings | World Database of Happiness

Study Kim & Kim (2012): study ZZ 2000

Public: 15+ aged, general public, 131 nations, 2000-2008
Survey name: EU-EVS1981-84
Sample
Respondents: N = 150000
Non Response: not reported
Assessment: Multiple assesment methods

Correlate

Authors's Label

Quantity of government

Our Classification

Remarks

Data: Penn World Table

Operationalization

Government consumption share of PPP converted GDP per capita at current prices (%)
Scale: 0-100%

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure

Statistics

Elaboration / Remarks

O-SLW-*-sq-t-11-a

b = -.03 p < .01

AVERAGE happiness by quantity of government
B controlled for:
-Social trust
-Economy
  -openness
  -investment price
  -log GDP
-Post communist
-Government
  -quality of government (Government Effectiveness; similar results when controlled for Regulatory Quality or Control of corruption)