Study Sarracino (2008): study ZZ World samples 1990
- Public:
- 18+ aged, general public, 39 nations, 1990-2001
- Survey name:
- WVS: combined waves
- Sample:
- Respondents:
- N = 267870
- Non Response:
- Assessment:
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's label
- Social Class
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- Self rated class
1: lower class
2: working class
3: upper class
rated: 1:yes, 0:no (dummy)
Observed Relation with Happiness
Low income nations
Low income nations
OLRC's controlled for:
- socio-demographic aspects:
- age
- gender
- education
- employment
- 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
- income quintile
In regression with proxies on positional goods coefficient "upper class" became more significant and even more for HICs (p<.01), for LICs (p<.05)