Correlational findings | World Database of Happiness

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

(international) Openness

Our Classification

Remarks

Penn World Table 6.2, 2003.

Distribution

M = 87.0, SD = 53.1, N = 143

Operationalization

Exports + imports as percentage of GDP, 2003.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure

Statistics

Elaboration / Remarks

O-SLW-*-sq-nt-11-a

b = +.00 ns

AVERAGE happiness by openness of economy in 87 nations.

O-Sum-*-mq-nvt-21-c

b = +.00 ns

b's controlled for:
- Real GDP per capita
- Government consumption
- Investment price-level
- Dummies for:
  - transition (former socialist) economies
  - OECD high income countries
  - African and Latin American countries