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Correlational findings

Study Goff et al. (2016): study ZZ 2008

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

Correlate

Authors's Label
Income inequality
Our Classification
Remarks
When multiple waves are available in a country the mean is used.
Distribution
Range:0.86-3.22, M=1.94
Operationalization
Standard deviation of happiness (contentment) in nation, in a country/survey wave combination.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c r = -.11 p < .01 AVERAGE contentment by INEQUALITY in contentment (SD) in nations. C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c Beta = -.10 p < .01 Controlled for:
- log GDP
- gender
- age
- education
- marital status
- region dummies
C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c Beta = -.10 p < .01 Beta additionally controlled for:
- income-inequality (GINI)
C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c Beta = -.05 p < .01 Beta additionally controlled for:
- country dummies