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Correlational findings

Study Radcliff (2005): study ZZ 1990

Public
15+ aged, general public, 17 developed nations, 1990
Survey name
EU-Eurobarometer 03
Sample
Respondents
N = 17000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Summed effects
Our Classification
Operationalization
Individual characteristics:
a. individual union membership
b. union density in nation
c. social democracy
d. married
e. gender
f. education
g. age and age-squared
h. number of children
i. home life quality
j. income
k. unemployed
l. church attendance

National characteristics:
m. culture
n. real GDP per capita
o. aggregate unemployment

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a = .29 Individual happiness in 17 nations by

Individual characteristics
a+b+c+d+e+f+g+h+i+j+k+l

+national characteristics
m+n+o;

No change if c,m,n and o are omitted.