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Correlational findings

Study Michalos & Hatch (2020): study ZZ 2007

Public
18+ aged, general public, 105 nations, 2018
Survey name
INT-GallupWorldPoll2014
Sample
Respondents
N = 105
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Social Progress Index (SPI)
Our Classification
Remarks
Porter, Stern, & Green, 2016, p. 12. Capacity of a society to meet basic human needs of its citizens; with building blocks that allow citizens and communities to enhance and sustain the quality of their lives, and create the conditions for all individuals to reach their full potential.
Distribution
Mean 67.188 SD 14.658 N = 105 nations.
Operationalization
Around 50 indicators related to the gratification of human needs (like nutrition and safety), foundations of well-being (like access to knowledge and information) and opportunity (like rights and freedom)

See: http://www.socialprogressimperative.org

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c r = +.84 SPI-score by AVERAGE Happiness Y-LC-l-sq-nt-100-a r = +.98 p < .01 Happy SPI by by Happy Life Years in 105 nations.

Happy SPI = national SPI-score, multiplied by AVERAGE happiness measured with C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c (contentment)