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
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Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Degree of 'interest democracy'
- Our Classification
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- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- Degree to which the political system leaves room for non-parliamentary articulation of interest; based on the following indicators:
1. influence of 'organized' interest
groups;
2. limitedness of the role of
'institutional interest groups';
3. limitedness of the role of
'ascriptive interest groups';
4. limitedness of the role of
'irregular interest groups'.
Data drawn from Bertrand (1981:162).
Observed Relation with Happiness
democracy
Great Britain 1.95 11
France 1.89 9
W-Germany 1.89 10
Italy 1.61 8
Belgium 2.27 9
The Netherlands 2.22 10
Luxembourg 2.03 12
Denmark 2.54 12
Ireland 1.88 9