Study Veenhoven (1984): study ZZ 1974 /1
- Public
- 15+ aged, general public, 14 nations and regions, 1974-1976
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 6563
- Non Response
- Assessment
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Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Conducted by Gallup bureaus in different countries.
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Freedom of press
- Our Classification
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- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- Press freedom rated on the basis of 'the press freedom index' (Missouri School of Journalism) consisting of 23 items rated on a scale from -4 to 4.
Examples of items are:
1. legal controls;
2. favoritism in the release of
government news;
3. censorship.
Data drawn from Kurian (1979:362).
Observed Relation with Happiness
of press
Australia 7.0 2.53
USA 6.7 2.72
Canada 7.0 2.78
Great Britain 6.8 2.37
France 5.8 1.92
W-Germany 6.6 2.43
Italy 5.6 1.98
Benelux 6.0 2.82
Scandinavia 7.6 2.81
Brasil 6.2 1.25
Mexico 6.2 1.46
Africa (South
of the Sahara) 4.6 0.49
India 3.4 0.98
Japan 5.8 2.44