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Correlational findings

Study Kavetsos & Koutroumpis (2011): study ZZ EU28 2005

Public
15+ aged general public, 29 EU countries, 2005- 2008
Survey name
EU-Eurobarometer combined waves
Sample
Respondents
N = 28000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Correlate

Authors's Label
Broadband Penetration
Our Classification
Distribution
16 %
Related specification variables
Operationalization
% of population reporting home access to broadband

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLL-u-sq-v-4-b b = +.5 p < .05 AVERAGE broadband penetration by AVERAGE happiness in 29 countries

bs controlled for
Nation characteristics:
- log GDP per capita
- Year effects
- Country effects
Personal characteristics:
- Fixed phone
- Mobile phone
- TV
- TV with DVD
- CD
- PC without Internet
- PC with Internet
- Broadband penetration
- personal controls