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Correlational findings

Study Bjornskov et al. (2007): study ZZ 1997

Public
18+ aged, general public, 74 nations, 1997-2001
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurvey 3
Sample
Respondents
N = 120000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Government Consumption
Our Classification
Remarks
Source: Penn World Tables, Mark 6.1 (Heston, Summers and Aten, 2002)
Distribution
Range: 6-50%
Operationalization
Government Consumption as % of GDP in PPP-prices, average 1990-2000.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a r = -.54 % very happy citizens by government consumption in 74 nations. O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a b = -.47 p < .01 B controlled for
-social trust
-openness
-investment price
-log GDP per capita
-postcommunist