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

Trust in institutions

Our Classification

Remarks

Scale of responses are assumed to be recoded such that higher values means that the respondent has a higher level of confidence in each institution.

Operationalization

The average of each respondent's self-report on a series of questions that asks the respondent on confidence in the armed forces, the police, the justice system, the parliament, the civil service, the press, private companies, and trade unions. Responses are on a scale of 1 (none at all) to 4 (a great deal).

Observed Relation with Happiness