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Studies

Rode (2013): study ZZ World samples 1995

Publication

Author(s):
Rode, M.
Title:
Do Good Institutions Make Citizens Happy, or Do Happy Citizens Build Better Institutions?
Source:
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2013, vol. 14, 1479 - 1505

Investigation

Public
18+ years, general public, 87 countries, 1995-2005
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurvey 1994-2008
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 180000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as-a-whole these days?
1   dissatisfied
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10  satisfied
Classification:
O-SLW-c-sq-n-10-a
Author's label:
Life satisfaction
Page in publication:
1483
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 10 On range 0-10
Mean:
6.60 6.22
SD:
1.05 1.17

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Social trust