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Correlational findings

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
Religiosity
Our Classification
Related specification variables
Operationalization
Selfreport on single question on importance of religion in their life
1: religion ‘very important’ or ‘rather important
0: otherwise

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a b = + African Countries   b = +.24(001)
Developed Countries b = +.12(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
- Environmental characteristics
  - Local conditions
    - quality of water
    - quality of air
    - quality of sewage and sanitation
  - City size
  -Country dummies