Correlational findings | World Database of Happiness

Study Leite Mota & Trigo Pereira (2008): study ZZ OECD member states 1981

Public: 15+ aged, general public, 32 OECD member states, 1981-2001.
Survey name: INT-WorldValuesSurv 1-5
Sample
Respondents: N = 31904
Non Response
Assessment: Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label

Unemployment

Our Classification

Operationalization

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure

Statistics

Elaboration / Remarks

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

b = -.07 p < .05

AVERAGE happiness by unemployment rate in nation, no controls

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

b = -.08 p < .05

B controlled for:
-National characteristics:
  -GSP
  -Inflation
  -Confidence in police
  -GovDo (governance quality; simple average of 4
   World Bank governance indicators: Government
   Effectiveness,Regulatory Quality, Rule of Law
   and Control of Corruption.)
  -social capital