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Correlational findings

Study Sachs (2016): study ZZ 2015

Public
15+ aged, general public, 119 nations, 2015-2016
Survey name
INT-GallupWorldPoll2016
Sample
Respondents
N = 199000
Non Response
Assessment
Multiple assesment methods

Correlate

Authors's Label
Index of Economic Freedom 2016
Our Classification
Remarks
Data by Heritage Foundation.
Operationalization
a rule of law
   - property rights
   - no corruption
b government size
   - fiscal world
   - government spending
c regulatory efficiency
   - business freedom
   - labor freedom
   - monetary stability
d market openness
   - freedom of trade
   - freedom of investment
   - financial freedom

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c b = +.07 p < .01 AVERAGE happiness by Index of Economic Freedom.

No controls
C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c b = +.01 ns b controled for
- sustainable development goals index
- global competitiveness index 2015-2016
- GDP per capita
- unemployment rate (IEF data set)
C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c Ra² = .36