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Correlational findings

Study Veenhoven (1984): study ZZ 1974 /1

Public
15+ aged, general public, 14 nations and regions, 1974-1976
Sample
Respondents
N = 6563
Non Response
Assessment
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Conducted by Gallup bureaus in different countries.

Correlate

Authors's Label
GNP per capital
Our Classification
Related specification variables
Operationalization
GNP data from the World bank Atlas, 1977.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks C-BW-c-sq-m-11-a r = +.74 p < .001                   Mt happiness    $ GNP p/c
Australia             7.0             5700
USA                   6.7             7120
Canada                7.0             6930
Great Britain         6.8             3780
France                5.8             5950
W-Germany             6.6             6670
Italy                 5.6             2810
Benelux               6.0             5968
Scandinavia           7.6             7003
Brasil                6.2             1030
Mexico                6.2             1050
Africa (South
of the Sahara)        4.6              435
India                 3.4              140
Japan                 5.8             4450