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Correlational findings

Study Bjornskov (2006a): study ZZ 1995

Public
18+ aged, general public, 67 nations, 1995-2002
Sample
Respondents
N = 70000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Regulatory Freedom
Our Classification
Remarks
Source: Gwartney and Lawson (Fraser Institute, 2005)
Distribution
N = 67 M = 0.56 ; Sd = 0,98 (z-scores in original sample).
Operationalization
Regulatory Freedom

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-l-10-a = DIFFERENCE IN HAPPINESS between poor and rich citizens by regulatory freedom in 67 nations.

'Poor' is lowest 33%, 'rich highest 33% in self rated income position.
O-SLW-c-sq-l-10-a b = -.13 p < .05 B (-0,133) controlled for
-GDP per capita
-Openness
-Government share in national consumption
-Postcommunist
-Income-inequality

The more freedom in a nation, the less difference in happiness between poor and rich.
Yet among rich and democratic nations freedom is not related to difference in happiness between the rich and the poor