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Correlational findings

Study Veenhoven (1984): study ZZ EU 9 1975

Public
15+ aged, general public, EU 9 member states, Western Europe, 1975
Sample
Respondents
N = 12996
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview

Correlate

Authors's Label
Social security
Our Classification
Related specification variables
Operationalization
Expenditures on social security as a percentage of a country's BNP.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HV-*-sq-vt-3-a r = -.33 ns                   M happiness    % Social                                            security
Great Britain        1.95             14.6
France               1.89             21.6
W-Germany            1.89             20.3
Italy                1.61             21.4
Belgium              2.27             20.9
The Netherlands      2.22             24.8
Luxembourg           2.03             17.2
Denmark              2.54             21.0
Ireland              1.88             15.8