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
- Buddhist (country level)
- Our Classification
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- Distribution
- M=0,03 SD=0,17
- Operationalization
- 1: Buddhism is the largest religion in the country
0: Orthodox Christianity
Observed Relation with Happiness
-age
-education
-female
-married/partnered
-employment status (employed=1)
-religion:
-religious attendance
-personal religious identity
-religious affiliation dummies
b controls for national characteristics:
-freedom index (reflects government regulation of civil, religious, and political freedom)
-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.