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Correlational findings

Study Verme (2008): study ZZ World samples 1981

Public
18+ aged, general public, 74 countries, 1981-2004
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurv 1-5
Sample
Respondents
N = 267870
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Education level
Our Classification
Operationalization
0: No tertiary education
1: With tertiary education

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a OLRC = +.11 p < .001 INDIVIDUAL happiness by INDIVIDUAL education level

In pooled data set:
OLRC controls for:
- individual characteristics
   -income (rank and squared rank)
   -employment
   -gender
   -age (and age squared)
   -tertiary education
   -maried
   -attitudes
    -about cheating on taxes
    -trust in people
    -trust in institutions
    -importance of family
    -importance of work
    -importance of religion
    -importance of politics
-national characteristics
-GDP (and GDP squared)
-employment rate (and squared)
-year fixed effects O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a b = + Separately in 74 nations.
Significantly positive in 18 nations.
Significantly negative in 11 nations.
Not significant in other nations.