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Correlational findings

Study Esaiasson et al. (2019): study CH 1999

Public
18+ aged, general public, Switzerland, followed yearly 1999 - 2013
Survey name
CH-SHP pooled waves
Sample
Respondents
N = 23561
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI)

Correlate

Authors's Label
Change satisfaction with democracy
Our Classification
Related specification variables
Operationalization
Self reported satisfaction with democracy.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLu-g-sq-n-11-h b = +.13 p < .001 CHANGE personal happiness by CHANGE in satisfaction with democracy

Lowered happiness due to relation break-up goes with lowered satisfaction with democracy, which indicates a causal effect