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Correlational findings

Study Veenhoven (1984): study ZZ 1974

Public
15+ aged, general public, 55 nations, 1974-1976
Sample
Respondents
N = 8433
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
Conducted by Gallup bureaus in different countries.

Correlate

Authors's Label
Absolute poverty
Our Classification
Operationalization
Percentage of people per country living in absolute (extreme) poverty.
Data derived from Kurian (1979:87)

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks C-BW-c-sq-m-11-a r = -.81 p < .01                   Mt happiness   % Extreme                                           poverty
Australia             7.0                0
North America         6.7                0
Western Europe        6.3                0
Latin America         6.0             ± 10
Africa (South                            
of the Sahara)        4.6             ± 40
Asia (exc. Japan)     3.8             ± 35
Japan                 5.8                0

Happiness is higher in countries where no extreme poverty exists.