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Correlational findings

Study Leepin (1978): study ZZ 1974

Public
15+ aged, general public, 5 parts of the world, 1974-1976.
Sample
Respondents
N = 8433
Non Response
Assessment
Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Conducted by 35 Gallup bureaus in different countries.

Correlate

Authors's Label
Belief that life is interesting
Our Classification
Related specification variables
Operationalization
Percentage of people per country who think life is interesting. (As assessed by single direct survey question)

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks O-HL-g-sq-v-3-b r = +.98 p < .001 Average scores per region:
                     % life            % happy
                     interesting       
Western-Europe       77                80
North America        92                91
Australia            92                94
South America        66                70
Africa               74                68
Asia                 49                48