Study Elliott & Hayward (2009): study ZZ World samples 1999
- Public
- 18+aged, general public, 65 countries, 1999-2004
- Survey name
- INT-WorldValuesSurvey 4
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 93142
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Regulation index
- Our Classification
-
-
- Error Estimates
- Cronbachs alpha=0,94
- Remarks
- Sources: b: Association of Religion Data Archives (2006) a+c: Freedom House (2006)
- Distribution
- M=0,00 SD=1,00
- Operationalization
- Government regulation of:
a: civil freedom
b: religious freedom
c: political freedom
Observed Relation with Happiness
-age
-education
-female
-married/partnered
-employment status (employed=1)
-religion:
-religious attendance
-personal religious identity
-belong to the largest religious group dummy
-religious affiliation dummies
b controls for national characteristics:
-proportion of population in largest religion
-country level religious affiliation dummies
-freedom index and religious attendance
-freedom index and "am a religious person"
Method used is hierarchical linear modelling.