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Correlational findings

Study Fleche et al. (2011): study ZZ OECD member states 1994

Public
18+ aged, general public, 32 OECD member states,1994-2008
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurvey 1994-2008
Sample
Respondents
N = 92338
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Gender
Our Classification
Remarks
Operationalization recoded by WDH
Operationalization
1: male
0: female

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a OPRC = +.07 p < .05 INDIVIDUAL happiness by INDIVIDUAL gender O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a Beta = +.12 p < .05 O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a Beta = +.08 ns AVERAGE happiness by gender COMPOSITION in nation

Beta's controlled for:
  - individual characteristics
     - income
     - poverty
     - self rated health
     - employment status
     - education
     - freedom of choice
     - trust in people
     - friends
     - age
     - divorced
     - number of children
  - national characteristics
     - national unemployment rate  
     - air pollution
     - national corruption