Study Helliwell et al. (2018): study ZZ World samples 2005 /1
- Public
- Survey name
- Gallup poll
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 900000
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
Observed Relation with Happiness
b controls for:
- democratic quality
- delivery quality
- other regional dummies
- log GDP per capita
- healthy life expectancy
- freedom to make life choices
- generosity
- social support
b controls for:
- democratic quality
- delivery quality
- log GDP per capita
- healthy life expectancy
- freedom to make life choices
- generosity
- social support
- other regional dummies
In sum: Average life satisfaction in Sub-Saharan is lower than in Western Europe under most specifications.