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

Coercion by government

Our Classification

Related specification variables

Operationalization

Degree of government coercion rated on the basis of the following criteria:
1. the extent to which civil rights are
   violated;
2. the extent to which political      opposition is oppressed;
3. how undemocratic the policy is.
Data drawn from Feierabend & Feierabend (1972:160) and Bertrand (1981:195).

Observed Relation with Happiness