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
- govdem
- Our Classification
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- Distribution
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(Mean in all nations 0 and sd 1, z-scores)
Whole sample of 161 nations: +0,60 and 0,84.
2)National Income less than half of the United States in 1995: +0,12 and 0,76
3)National income more than half of the United States in 1995: +1,30 and 0,24 - Operationalization
- Democratic qualtiy of government as the average of World Bank governance indicators:
-voice and accountability
-political stability
Observed Relation with Happiness
B's controlled for:
- govdo(average of government effectiveness, regulatory qualitiy, rule of law, and control of corruption
- income p/c
- General trust
- Importance of god
Rich: < half of US national income in 1995
Poor: > half of US national income in 1995