Study Sarracino (2008): study ZZ World samples 1990
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, 39 nations, 1990-2001
- Survey name
- INT-WVS: combined waves
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 267870
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Employment
- Our Classification
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- Distribution
- M=0.08, SD=0.27
- Operationalization
- 1: unemployed
0: employed
Observed Relation with Happiness
OLRC's controlled for:
- socio-demographic aspects:
- age
- gender
- education
- marital status
- wealth
- income
- subjective health
- relational goods
- time spend in social contacts
- memberships of voluntary organizations
- social capital
- perceived freedom and control
- trust in people
- honesty
- positional goods
- social class
- income quintile
In regression with only socio-economic variables unemployment has a negative effect (-.08) on happiness in LICs, but still ns, while in HICs it has strong, negative and significant effect (-.44 , p<.01)