| Study | Veenhoven (1994c): study ZZ Developed nations 1948 |
| Title | Is Happiness a Trait? Test of the Theory that a Better Society does not Make People any Happier. |
| Source | Social Indicators Research, 1994, Vol. 32, 101 - 160 |
| URL | http://hdl.handle.net/1765/16155 |
| DOI | DOI:10.1007/BF01078732 |
| Public | Adults, general public, 9 developed nations, 1948-1981 |
| Sample | Non-probability accidental sample |
| Non-Response | |
| Respondents N = | 9 |
| Correlate | |
| Author's label | Relative temperal stability of average happiness in nations |
| Page in Source | 134 |
| Our classification | Trend in general public, code E03ab01a |
| Operationalization | Similarity in rank order of average happiness in nations in 1948 and in 1981 |
| Remarks | Meta-analysis of data drawn from this World database of happiness |
| Observed Relation with Happiness | ||
| Happiness Measure | Statistics | Elaboration/Remarks |
| O-SLW---sq-t-11-a | rs=+.73 p < .01 | Country rank order of happiness
1948 1981
Australia 2 2/3
Britain (Great) 9 7
France 7/8 5
Germany (West) 4 1
Italy 7/8 8
Netherlands 5 6
Norway 1 2/3
Mexico 6 9
USA 3 4
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| Code | Full Text |
| O-SLW---sq-t-11-a | Self report on single question: Various questions on overall satisfaction with life as a whole. Scores transformed to scale 0-10 |
| Symbol | Explanation |
| rs | SPEARMAN'S RANK CORRELATION COEFFICIENT Type: test statistic Measurement level: Correlate: ordinal, Happiness: ordinal. Range: [-1; +1] Meaning: rs = 0 « no rank correlation rs = 1 « perfect rank correlation, where high correlate values are associated with high happiness ratings rs =-1 « perfect rank correlation, where high correlate values are associated with low happiness ratings |