Correlational findings | World Database of Happiness

Study Esaiasson et al. (2019): study ZZ Europe 2008

Public: 18+ aged, general public, 31 European nations, 2008
Survey name: EU-EVS
Sample
Respondents: N = 40000
Non Response
Assessment: Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label

Dissatisfaction with democracy

Our Classification

Remarks

Negative correlation with DISsatisatisfaction in nation implies positive correlation with satisfaction. Sign changed accordingly by WDH team

Operationalization

Selfreported dissatisfaction with democracy in nation.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure

Statistics

Elaboration / Remarks

O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a

b = +.05 p < .001

b controlled for:
- individual characteristics
  - age
  - gender
  - education
  - general trust
  - religiosity
- country fixed effects

O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a

b = +.13 p < .001

b additionally controlled for:
- individual characteristic
- perception of system performance

Happiness used as an independent variable (predictor) in this cross-sectional analysis