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Correlational findings

Study Diener & Tay (2015): study ZZ 2005 /1

Public
15+ aged, general public, 164 nations, 2005-2013
Survey name
INT-Gallup World Poll 2005-2013
Sample
Respondents
N = 1229431
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Corruption
Our Classification
Operationalization
Single direct question:
" Is corruption widespread throughout the government, or not?"
1 Yes
0 No

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c r = -.43 p < .01 AVERAGE happiness by PERCENTAGE of self-perceived corruption in nation C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c rpc = +.03 rpc controlled for average household income in nation C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c r = -.08 p < .05 CHANGE AVERAGE happiness by CHANGE PERCENTAGE of self-perceived corruption in nation 2006-2013