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Correlational findings

Study Delhey & Kroll (2012): study ZZ OECD member states 2008

Public
18+ aged, general public, OECD member states, 2008
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurvey 5
Sample
Respondents
N = 340000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Human Development Index (HDI)
Our Classification
Remarks
The HDI, produced by the United Nations Developmen Program (UNDP), was created to emphasize that people and their capabilities should be the ultimate criteria for assessing the development of a country, not economic growth alone.
Operationalization
Index of (equal weights)
a. life-expectancy at birth (health)
b.school enrollment (education in years)
c.GNI per capita (purchasing parity).

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c r = +.63 p < .001 AVERAGE happiness by HDI-scores in 34 nations. O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a r = +.37 p < .05 O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a r = +.41 p < .05 M-CO-c-mq-*-10-a r = +.51 p < .01 M-CO-c-mq-*-10-a b = +1.5 p < .01 b controlled for:
-Latin-american country
-Post-communist country M-CO-c-mq-*-10-a R² = .458