Study Berry & Okulicz-Kozaryn (2009): study ZZ World samples 1995
- Public
- 18+ aged general public, World, 2004
- Survey name
- INT-World Values Survey, pooled waves
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 68361
- Non Response
- Assessment
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Interview: face-to-face
The main method of data collection in the World Values Survey is face-to-face interview at respondent´s home.
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Married
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- High income countries: GDP per capita > $10,000 Lower income countries: GDP per capita < $10,000
- Distribution
- Mean (SD) = 0.62 (0.49)
- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- 1 married
0 not (reference)
Observed Relation with Happiness
HLM controled for:
- Personal charactristics
- age, age squared
- income
- age, age squared
- divorced
- unemployed
- Environmental conditions
- live in either a smal community (<2000) or a big city (> 500.000)
- GDP per capita in nation, GNP pc squared
- Interaction income*GDP per capita
Publication results correlate with DISsatisfaction. Signs were reversed by WDoH-team to fit standard presentation with Satisfaction