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Correlational findings

Study Veenhoven (1993b): study ZZ 1980 /2

Public
Adults, general public, 31 nations, circa 1980
Sample
Respondents
N = 40000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Social security
Our Classification
Remarks
Source: IMF, 1987 and Ministry of Finance, Japan, 1986
Operationalization
Proportion of government expenditures (minus defense) taken as a proxy.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HV-*-sq-nt-11-b r = +.51 p < .01 Average happiness by security expenditures in 26 nations