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Correlational findings

Study Goff et al. (2016): study ZZ 1989

Public
18+ aged, general public, 160 nations, 2008-2014
Survey name
INT-WVS: combined waves
Sample
Respondents
N = 1430000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Inequality in life satisfaction
Our Classification
Remarks
In nations for which multiple waves are available the mean of the standard deviation was used.
Distribution
Range 1,33-3,00, M=2,19
Operationalization
Standard deviation of happiness (life satisfaction) in nation

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a r = -.22 p < .01 AVERAGE happiness by INEQUALITY in happiness (SD) in nations. O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a Beta = -.17 p < .01 Beta controlled for:
- log GDP
- gender
- age
- education
- marital status
- region dummies O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a Beta = -.17 p < .01 Beta additionally controlled for:
- income-inequality (GINI) O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a Beta = -.05 p < .01 Beta additionally controlled for:
- country dummies O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a Beta = -.13 p < .01 Beta additionally controlled for:
- Preference for income equality