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Correlational findings

Study Tsai (2009): study ZZ World samples 1990

Public
18+ aged, 76 countries, 1990s
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurvey 1-3
Sample
Respondents
N = 80000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Eastern Europe dummy
Our Classification
Operationalization

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-u-sq-n-10-a b = -.75 p < .01 AVERAGE happiness by geographic location in 65 nations

A similar result is obtained when b additionally controls for:
-years of openness O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a b = -.45 p < .10 AVERAGE life satisfaction by geographic location in 76 nations

b controls for:
-GNI per capita
-GDP growth rate
-inflation
-Militarism index
-Latin America dummy
-openness O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a b = +.40 ns b additionally controls for:
-Eastern Europe dummy*openness

(b interaction=-.85, p<.05)

Results are similar when b controls for:
-average tariff
-black market premium (black market exchange rate relative to official exchange rate)
-export marketing board (degree of state monopoly on exports)