ERA (temporal period)
Average happiness in era
Trend average happiness in era
Trend in general public
List of Findings on this Subject
Correlate as named by investigatorPeople investigatedFinding
Relative temperal stability of average happiness in nations
Adults, general public, 9 developed nations, 1948-1981
Trend in happy life years 1948-1998
Adults, general public, 67 nations, 1990s
Change average happiness
18+ aged, general public, 52 nations, 1981-2007
Happiness for East and West Germans
21-64 aged, general public, Germany, followed 14 years, 1985-1999
Year effect
18+ aged, general public, Latin America, 1997-2007
Percentage of happiness
General public, Japan, 3 annual 1978-2002
Global emotions compared
15+ aged, general public, 153 nations, 2006-2014
Average happiness and GDP/capita
Adutl general population in 21 nations, 1972-1996
Change average happiness
Adult general population 67 nations followed 10 to 40 years 1946 to 2011
Happiness over time
30-55 aged white males, United States, 1972-2006
Change in income distribution
18+ aged, general public, urban areas, developing nations, 1990-2010
Political change: before and after the fall of socialism
18+ aged, general public, East Germany, 1990-2004
LS GINI
15+ Aged, general public, 164 nations, 2005-2013
Previous Happiness at T1
18+ aged, general public, 132 nations, 2006