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Correlational findings

Study Diener & Tay (2015): study ZZ 2005 /1

Public
15+ aged, general public, 164 nations, 2005-2013
Survey name
INT-Gallup World Poll 2005-2013
Sample
Respondents
N = 1229431
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
No food
Our Classification
Operationalization
Single direct question:
" Have there been times in the past 12 months when you did not have enough money to buy food that you and your family needed?"
1 Yes
0 No

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c r = -.72 p < .01 AVERAGE happiness by PERCENTAGE of respondents that did not have enough food in nation C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c rpc = -.39 rpc controlled for average household income in nation C-BW-c-sq-l-11-c r = -.30 p < .01 CHANGE AVERAGE happiness by CHANGE PERCENTAGE respondents reporting unsufficient food, in 163 nations 2006-2013