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Studies

Welsch (2002): study ZZ World samples 2000

Publication

Author(s):
Welsch, H.
Title:
Freedom and Rationality as Predictors of Cross-National Happiness. Patterns: The Role of Income as a Mediating Variable.
Source:
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2003, vol. 4, 295 - 321

Investigation

Public
18+ aged, general public, 54 countries, 2000
Survey name
INT-WorldValuesSurvey 4
Sample
Probability multistage stratified area sample
Respondents
N = 55000
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings

Full text:
Self report on single question:

Taking all things together, would you say you are.....?
4  very happy
3  quite happy
2  not very happy
1  not at all happy.
Classification:
O-HL-u-sq-v-4-a
Author's label:
Happiness
Page in publication:
299
Observed distribution
Summary Statistics
On original range 1 - 4 On range 0-10
Mean:
2.76 -
SD:
0.32 -

Correlational Findings

Author's label Subject Description Finding Political freedom