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Correlational findings

Study Ram (2009): study ZZ 2006 /1

Public
18+ aged, general public, 87 nations, 2006
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurvey 4
Sample
Respondents
N = 87000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Government consumption
Our Classification
Remarks
Penn World Table 6.2, 2003.
Operationalization
Government consumption as % of GDP (international or PPP-prices).

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-*-sq-nt-11-a b = -.01 ns AVERAGE happiness by government consumption in 87 nations. O-Sum-*-mq-nvt-21-c b = -.00 ns b's controlled for:
- Real GDP per capita
- Investment price-level
- International openness of the economy
- Dummies for:
  - transition (former socialist) economies
  - OECD high income countries
  - African and Latin American countries