Study Helliwell & Huang (2006): study ZZ 1981

Public

15+ aged, general public, 72 nations, 1981-2000

Survey name

INT-WorldValuesSurv 1-5

Sample

Respondents

N = 163000

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label

govdo

Our Classification

Distribution

(Mean in all nations 0 and sd 1, z-scores)
Whole sample of 161 nations: +0,73 and 0,99.
2)National Income less than half of the United States in 1995: +0,11 and 0,78
3)National income more than half of the United States in 1995: +1,64 and 0,41

Operationalization

Average of four World Bank governance indicators: government effectiveness, regulatory quality, rule of law, and control of corruption. (Z-scores)

Observed Relation with Happiness