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Correlational findings

Study Walsh (2012): study ZZ EU 27 2004 /1

Public
18+ aged, general public, 23 European nations, 2004
Survey name
EU-Eurobarometer combined waves
Sample
Respondents
N = 196000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Institutional quality, absence of corruption, Clean
Our Classification
Remarks
Transparancy International; Corruption Perception Index.
Distribution
Mean: 6,24 SD: 1.91
Operationalization
Index based on perception of business people and experts of corruption involving public officials, civil servants and politicians.
Clean: 0-10:
0 = highly corrupt
10 = very clean

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-b b = +.09 p < .001 AVERAGE happiness by institutional quality (perceived absence of corruption) in 23 nations.

b (+0,0942) controlled for:
-Unemployment rate
-Inflation
-GDP per capita
(with Turkey, 232 observations in 2004-2011) O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-b b = +.08 p < .001 b (+0,0806) additionally controlled for:
-Income-inequality (Gini)
(without Turkey, 196 observations in 2004-2010)