Study Veenhoven (1984): study ZZ EU 9 1975

Public

15+ aged, general public, EU 9 member states, Western Europe, 1975

Sample

Respondents

N = 12996

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face
Structured interview

Correlate

Authors's Label

Degree of 'interest democracy'

Our Classification

Related specification variables

Operationalization

Degree to which the political system leaves room for non-parliamentary articulation of interest; based on the following indicators:
1. influence of 'organized' interest
   groups;
2. limitedness of the role of
   'institutional interest groups';
3. limitedness of the role of
   'ascriptive interest groups';
4. limitedness of the role of
   'irregular interest groups'.
Data drawn from Bertrand (1981:162).

Observed Relation with Happiness