Study Bjornskov et al. (2008a): study ZZ 1997
- Public
- 18+ aged, general public, 66 nations, 1997-2001
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 62295
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Interview: face-to-face
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Local autonomy
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Indicators obtained from Treisman (2000)
- Distribution
- Range: -0,23 to 0,77, SD 0,42
- Operationalization
- Local autonomy: Measured by constitutional stipulations which grant exclusive rights to legislate in specified policy areas without mentioning areas of local autonomy
Observed Relation with Happiness
- nation characteristics
- infant mortality
- years of independence
- religiousness
- bi-cameral system (vs not)
- openness of the economy
- post-communist (vs not)
- part of the world
- government consumption
- individual characteristics
- age
- gender
- education
- marital status
- occupation
- income
- religion
- voluntary work