Study Sulemana et al. (2016): study ZZ 2005
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, 13 nations, 2005-2009
- Survey name
- INT-WorldValuesSurvey 5
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 23000
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Control over life
- Our Classification
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- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- Selfreport on single question on the extent to which the respondent believes they have freedom of choice and control over the way their life turns out
1: no choice at all
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10 = a great deal of choice
Observed Relation with Happiness
Developed Countries b = +.25(001)
b controlled for:
- Personal characteristics
- Age, age squared
- Gender
- Education
- Health status
- Marital status
- Employment status
- Social Capital
- Income
- Satisfaction with finances
- Children
- Control over life
- Religiosity
- Environmental characteristics
- Local conditions
- quality of water
- quality of air
- quality of sewage and sanitation
- City size
-Country dummies