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 |
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 |